Shloka 37

Somadatta–Sātyaki Engagement; Bhīma’s Interventions; Droṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira Astra Exchange

Book 7, Chapter 132

Devanagari script

उत्तमौजा हताश्वस्तु हतसूतश्च संयुगे । आरुरोह रथं भ्रातुर्युधामन्योरभित्वरन्‌

Transliteration

uttamaujā hatāśvas tu hatasūtaś ca saṁyuge | āruroha rathaṁ bhrātur yudhāmanyor abhitvaran |

Translation

Drona said: “In the thick of battle, Uttamaujas—his horses slain and his charioteer killed—swiftly mounted his brother Yudhāmanyu’s chariot, pressing forward with urgency.”

Word by Word

• उत्तमौजाः: Uttamaujas (a warrior)
• उत्तमौजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तमौजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हताश्वः: whose horses were slain
• हताश्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• हतसूतः: whose charioteer was slain
• हतसूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतसूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आरुरोह: mounted/ascended
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भ्रातुः: of (his) brother
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• युधामन्योः: of Yudhāmanyu
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधामन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अभित्वरन्: hastening/rushing
• अभित्वरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-त्वर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Śatṛ (present active participle)

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Uttamaujā
• Yudhāmanyu
• chariot
• horses
• charioteer