Shloka 573

भीमसेन-धृष्टद्युम्नयोर्वाक्यं

Bhīmasena and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Speeches on Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

सारथिं च गदा गुर्वी ममर्दास्य रथं पुन: । युद्धस्थलमें उस भारी गदाने सहसा आपके पुत्रके चारों घोड़ों, सारथि और रथका भी मर्दन कर दिया

Transliteration

sārathiṁ ca gadā gurvī mamardāsya rathaṁ punaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: With a massive mace he again crushed the charioteer and smashed that chariot. On the battlefield, that heavy blow at once battered down your son’s four horses, his driver, and his car.

Word by Word

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गुर्वी: heavy, weighty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ममर्द: crushed, pounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• charioteer (sārathi)
• mace (gadā)
• chariot (ratha)