Shloka 19

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

यादृशं कृतवान्‌ राजा पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते । प्रजानाथ! आपके सैनिकोंने रणभूमिमें वैसा पराक्रम नहीं किया था, जैसा कि आपके पुत्र राजा दुर्योधनने किया ।। पुत्रेण तव सा सेना पाण्डवी मथिता रणे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yādṛśaṁ kṛtavān rājā putras tava viśāmpate |

prajānātha! āpake sainikoṇe raṇabhūmauṁ vaisā parākrama nahiṁ kiyā thā, jaisā ki tumhāre putra rājā duryodhanane kiyā ||

putreṇa tava sā senā pāṇḍavī mathitā raṇe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of the people, ruler of men! Your soldiers did not show on the battlefield the valor that your son, King Duryodhana, displayed. By your son, the Pāṇḍava host was shaken and battered in the fight.

Word by Word

• यादृशम्: such as; of what kind
• यादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतवान्: having done; did
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृतवत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• विशाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• पते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सा: that
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवी: Pandava (belonging to the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मथिता: was crushed/churned; was shaken
• मथिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मथ् (मथित)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Duryodhana
• Pandava army
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)