Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ययौ घटोत्कचस्तूर्ण दुर्योधनरथं प्रति । अभ्येत्य च महाबाहु: स्मयमान: स राक्षस:

Transliteration

yayau ghaṭotkacas tūrṇaṁ duryodhana-rathaṁ prati | abhyetya ca mahābāhuḥ smayamānaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Ghaṭotkaca swiftly advanced toward Duryodhana’s chariot. Drawing near, that mighty-armed Rākṣasa approached with a confident, almost mocking smile—signaling the fierce resolve with which he meant to strike at the Kaurava leader in the thick of battle.

Word by Word

• yayau: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• ghaṭotkacaḥ: Ghaṭotkaca
• ghaṭotkacaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṭotkaca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• tūrṇam: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)

• duryodhana-ratham: Duryodhana's chariot
• duryodhana-ratham: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: duryodhana-ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• prati: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati

• abhyetya: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√i (इ) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• mahābāhuḥ: mighty-armed
• mahābāhuḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• smayamānaḥ: smiling
• smayamānaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smayamāna (√smi/√smay, धातु) (प्रातिपदिक as present participle)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, present active participle

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• rākṣasaḥ: the rākṣasa (demon)
• rākṣasaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Duryodhana
• Duryodhana’s chariot