Shloka 44

Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

विजित्य समरे योधांस्तावकान्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

vijitya samare yodhāṁs tāvakān bharatarṣabha

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O bull among the Bharatas, having conquered your warriors in battle….”

Word by Word

• विजित्य: having conquered/defeated
• विजित्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि
• Form: क्त्वा (ल्यप्), कर्तरि, अव्ययभाव (absolutive/gerund)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• योधान्: warriors
• योधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तावकान्: your (i.e., your side's)
• तावकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas (best of the Bharatas)
• भरतर्षभ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative bharatarṣabha)
• Kaurava warriors (tāvakāḥ)