Shloka 71

वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च

The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

तदुग्रमतिरौद्रं च दृष्टवा युद्ध नराधिपा: । तनयास्तव कर्णश्न व्यथिता: प्राद्रवन्‌ दिश:,उस अत्यन्त भयंकर और उग्र संग्रामको देखकर समस्त नरेश, आपके पुत्र और कर्ण --ये सभी पीड़ित हो सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें भाग गये

Transliteration

tad ugram atiraudraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ narādhipāḥ | tanayās tava karṇaś ca vyathitāḥ prādravan diśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing that battle—so fierce and exceedingly dreadful—the kings, your sons, and Karṇa, shaken with fear and distress, fled in all directions.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उग्रम्: fierce
• उग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अति: excessively, very
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• रौद्रम्: terrible, dreadful
• रौद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नराधिपाः: kings (lords of men)
• नराधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तनयाः: sons
• तनयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• व्यथिताः: distressed, afflicted
• व्यथिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from व्यथ्

• प्राद्रवन्: ran away, fled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

सयजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')
• the kings (narādhipāḥ)
• the Kaurava princes (tanayāḥ)
• Karṇa