Shloka 21

Ghaṭotkaca Slays Alāyudha (Night Battle and Māyā Countermeasures) / घटोत्कचेन अलायुधवधः

Devanagari script

यत्ता: सर्वे पराभूता: पर्यवारयतार्डर्जुनम्‌ । सिन्धुराजानमश्रित्य स वो मध्ये कथं हतः,तुम सब लोगोंने बड़ी सावधानीसे अर्जुनको घेर लिया था। फिर सब-के-सब पराजित कैसे हो गये? तुमने सिंधुराजको आश्रय दिया था। फिर तुम्हारे बीचमें वह कैसे मारा गया?

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yattāḥ sarve parābhūtāḥ paryavārayatārḍārjunam | sindhurājānam āśritya sa vo madhye kathaṃ hataḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Though all of you were fully alert and had surrounded Arjuna on every side, how did you still end up defeated? And having taken refuge behind the king of Sindhu, how was he slain right in your midst?”

Word by Word

• यत्ताः: having striven / exerted
• यत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत्त (यम् धातु से, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पराभूताः: defeated
• पराभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराभूत (पराभू धातु से, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्यवारयत: surrounded / hemmed in
• पर्यवारयत: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अव + वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सिन्धुराजानम्: the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)
• सिन्धुराजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धुराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रित्य: having taken refuge in / relying on
• आश्रित्य: Kriya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + श्रि (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय: ल्यप्)
• Form: Gerund (Absolutive)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वः: of you / among you
• वः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्
• Form: Interrogative adverb

• हतः: was slain
• हतः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृत/हत (हन् धातु से, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• Sindhurāja (Jayadratha, king of Sindhu)