Shloka 49

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

द्रोणेन वार्यमाणास्ते स्वयं तव सुतेन च | नाशक्यन्त महाराज योधा वारयितुं तदा,महाराज! द्रोणाचार्य और स्वयं आपके पुत्र दुर्योधनके मना करनेपर भी उस समय आपके योद्धा रोके न जा सके

Transliteration

droṇena vāryamāṇās te svayaṃ tava sutena ca | nāśakyanta mahārāja yodhā vārayituṃ tadā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, at that time your warriors could not be restrained—though Droṇa tried to hold them back, and even your own son attempted to forbid them.

Word by Word

• द्रोणेन: by Droṇa
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वार्यमाणाः: being restrained / being stopped
• वार्यमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वार्य (√वृ/वारय्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present passive participle (शानच्/मान), Passive

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वयम्: personally / oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

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

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अशक्यन्त: were able
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वारयितुम्: to restrain / to stop
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्)

• तदा: then / at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava warriors