Shloka 31

Nakula–Śakuni Duel and the Night Battle; Śikhaṇḍin–Kṛpa Engagement (नकुल-शकुनियुद्धं तथा रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

सम्प्रैक्षन्त जनास्तौ तु युध्यमानौ युधाम्पती

Transliteration

sampraikṣanta janās tau tu yudhyamānau yudhāmpatī

Translation

Sañjaya said: The people looked on as those two lords of battle fought, watching their combat with tense attention amid the moral weight and spectacle of war.

Word by Word

• सम्प्रैक्षन्त: were watching, beheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तौ: those two (them)
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

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

• युध्यमानौ: fighting (the two)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• युधाम्पती: the two lords of battle
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the two battling warriors (unnamed in this half-verse)
• onlooking people