Shloka 10

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच दैवेनोपहता यूय॑ स्वबुद्धया केशवस्य च । गता हि वासवी हत्वा तृणभूतं घटोत्कचम्‌,धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! निश्चय ही तुमलोग दैवके द्वारा मारे गये थे। श्रीकृष्णकी अपनी बुद्धिसे वह इन्द्रकी शक्ति तिनकेके समान घटोत्कचका वध करके चली गयी

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | daivenopahatā yūyaṁ svabuddhyā keśavasya ca | gatā hi vāsavī hatvā tṛṇabhūtaṁ ghaṭotkacam ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, you were surely struck down by fate—and also by Keśava’s own strategy. For Indra’s divine missile, after killing Ghaṭotkaca who had been made as insignificant as a blade of grass, has now been spent and is gone.”

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

उवाचsaid

दैवेनby fate / by divine ordinance

उपहताstruck down, afflicted

यूयम्you (all)

स्वबुद्धयाby (his) own intellect

केशवस्यof Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

चand

गताwent away / departed

हिindeed, for

वासवीthe (weapon) of Vāsava (Indra’s śakti)

हत्वाhaving slain

तृणभूतम्become like grass (i.e., as insignificant as straw)

घटोत्कचम्Ghaṭotkaca

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Vāsavī-śakti (Indra’s missile)

Ghaṭotkaca

Indra (Vāsava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes