Shloka 21

द्रौणिप्रतिज्ञा–नारायणास्त्रवर्णनम्

Drauṇi’s Vow and the Description of the Nārāyaṇāstra

Devanagari script

इससे क्रोधमें भरे हुए राजा द्रपदने एक पानीदार पैने भल्लसे वृषसेनके धनुषके दो टुकड़े कर डाले

Transliteration

sanjaya uvāca | tataḥ krodhena saṃrabdho rājā drupado vṛṣasenasyāmbudharāṃ tīkṣṇāṃ bhallena dhanuḥ dvidhā cakarta |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Enraged, King Drupada, with swift resolve, struck with a sharp, gleaming bhalla-arrow and split Vṛṣasena’s bow into two. In the heat of battle, anger can drive decisive action, yet it also signals the moral peril of letting wrath rule one’s judgment.

Word by Word

• क्रोधे: in anger
• क्रोधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भरेण: filled (with)
• भरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रपदः: Drupada
• द्रपदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पानीयदारम्: moist/gleaming (lit. water-bearing)
• पानीयदारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पानीयदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पैणम्: sharp
• पैणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पैण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भल्लेन: with a bhalla-arrow
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वृषसेनस्य: of Vrishasena
• वृषसेनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनुषः: of the bow
• धनुषः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• टुकडौ: pieces
• टुकडौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: टुकड
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• चकार: made / cut (into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Drupada
• Vrishasena
• bhalla (sharp arrow)
• bow (dhanuḥ)