Shloka 66

Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa

Devanagari script

प्रावेशयद्भधुतवहं पतज्गभमिव मोहित: । अहो! दुर्योधनने मोहित होकर युद्धकी कलासे अनभिज्ञ दुर्मुखको अकेले ही पतंगकी भाँति आगमें झोंक दिया

Transliteration

prāveśayad durmukhaṁ mohitah pataṅgam iva vahnim | aho duryodhanaḥ mohitah yuddha-kalāyā anabhijñaṁ durmukham ekākinaṁ pataṅga-vad agnau jhoṅkitaḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Alas! Duryodhana, deluded, thrust Durmukha—unskilled in the arts of war—alone into the blaze, like a moth into fire.”

Word by Word

• प्रावेशयत्: caused to enter / thrust in
• प्रावेशयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आविश् (आविश्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुर्मुखम्: Durmukha (the warrior)
• दुर्मुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वह्निम्: into the fire
• वह्निम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पतङ्गम्: a moth
• पतङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मोहितः: deluded
• मोहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहित (from मुह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Durmukha
• fire (vahni/agni)
• moth (pataṅga)