Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

कथं त्वयि च कर्णे च कृपे शल्ये च जीवति । अश्वत्थाम्नि च कौरव्य निधनं सैन्धवो5गमत्‌,कुरुनन्दन! तुम और कर्ण तो नहीं मर गये थे, कृपाचार्य, शल्य और अश्वत्थामा तो जीवित थे; फिर तुम्हारे रहते सिंधुराजकी मृत्यु क्यों हुई?

Transliteration

kathaṁ tvayi ca karṇe ca kṛpe śalye ca jīvati | aśvatthāmni ca kauravya nidhanaṁ saindhavo ’gamat, kurunandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “How did the king of Sindhu meet his death, O Kuru-delighter, while you and Karṇa were still alive, while Kṛpa and Śalya were alive, and while Aśvatthāman too lived? With such warriors present, why did Jayadratha fall?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• त्वयि: in/while you (are present/alive)
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Locative, Singular

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

• कर्णे: in/while Karna (is present/alive)
• कर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कृपे: in/while Kripa (is present/alive)
• कृपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शल्ये: in/while Shalya (is present/alive)
• शल्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• जीवति: is alive / lives
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अश्वत्थाम्नि: in/while Ashvatthaman (is present/alive)
• अश्वत्थाम्नि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थामन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कौरव्य: O Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निधनम्: death, destruction
• निधनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सैन्धवः: the Sindhu-king (Jayadratha)
• सैन्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगमत्: went/attained (met with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Aorist (Lung), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee)
• Karṇa
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Śalya
• Aśvatthāman
• Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• Kuru lineage