Shloka 29

Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall

Book 7, Chapter 164

Devanagari script

ततश्नतुर्भिश्न शरैस्तूर्ण तांस्तुरगोत्तमान्‌ । समीपं प्रेषयामास प्रेतराजस्य भारत,भारत! फिर तत्काल ही चार बाणोंसे उन्होंने सोमदत्तके उन उत्तम घोड़ोंको प्रेतराज यमके समीप भेज दिया

Transliteration

tataś caturbhiḥ śaraiḥ tūrṇaṃ tāṃs turagottamān | samīpaṃ preṣayāmāsa pretarājasya bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, swiftly striking with four arrows, he dispatched those excellent horses to the very presence of Yama, the lord of the departed—thus sending them to death in the midst of battle, O Bhārata.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तूर्णम्: swiftly, quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तुरग-उत्तमान्: excellent horses
• तुरग-उत्तमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरग + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समीपम्: near, into the presence (of)
• समीपम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent, dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (प्रेषयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular

• प्रेतराजस्य: of the king of the departed (Yama)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Somadatta (implied by context of 'his horses')
• Turagottamāḥ (excellent horses)
• Pretarāja (Yama)