Shloka 26

धृतराष्ट्र–संजय संवादः: कर्ण–घटोत्कचयोर्निशायुद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Description of the Night Engagement of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

धार्तराष्ट्रबलं प्राप्प देवसेनापि भारत

Transliteration

dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ prāpya devasenāpi bhārata

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, having reached the Dhārtarāṣṭra host, the divine army too came there—signaling that the conflict was drawing in forces beyond the merely human and that the tide of war was being shaped by larger, fateful alignments.”

Word by Word

• धार्तराष्ट्रबलम्: the army of the Dhārtarāṣṭras
• धार्तराष्ट्रबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्रबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्प: attained/reached
• प्राप्प: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• देवसेना: the divine army
• देवसेना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवसेना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by dhārtarāṣṭra)
• Kaurava army (Dhārtarāṣṭra-bala)
• Devas (implied by deva-senā)
• Bhārata (addressee)