Shloka 31

Aśvatthāmā’s Lamentation, Vow of Retaliation, and the Manifestation of the Nārāyaṇāstra (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६६)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा भरतश्रेष्ठ पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । व्यादिदेश तथा सैन्यं तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे,भरतश्रेष्ठ] ऐसा कहकर आपके पुत्र दुर्योधनने उस भयंकर अन्धकारमें अपनी सेनाको युद्धके लिये आज्ञा दे दी

Transliteration

ity uktvā bharataśreṣṭha putro duryodhanas tava | vyādideśa tathā sainyaṃ tasmiṃs tamasi dāruṇe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Having spoken thus, O best of the Bharatas, your son Duryodhana issued orders to his army there, in that dreadful darkness.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, genitive, singular

• व्यादिदेश: commanded/ordered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दिश्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• तथा: then/so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• तमसि: in darkness
• तमसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• दारुणे: terrible
• दारुणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava army
• darkness (tamas)