Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इति ते त॑ं नरव्याघ्र॑ प्रशंसन्‍्तो महारथा: । निद्रया समवाक्षिप्तास्तृष्णीमासन्‌ विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! इस प्रकार आपके महारथी नरश्रेष्ठ अर्जुनकी भूरि-भूरि प्रशंसा करते हुए निद्राके वशीभूत हो मौन हो गये

Transliteration

iti te taṁ naravyāghra praśaṁsanto mahārathāḥ | nidrayā samavākṣiptās tṛṣṇīm āsan viśāmpate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Thus, O tiger among men, those great chariot-warriors, praising that foremost hero again and again, were overcome by sleep; and, O lord of the people, they fell silent.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नरव्याघ्रम्: tiger among men (best of men)
• नरव्याघ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशंसन्तः: praising
• प्रशंसन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निद्रया: by sleep
• निद्रया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• समवाक्षिप्ताः: overpowered / seized
• समवाक्षिप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-आ-क्षिप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तृष्णीम्: silently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तृष्णीम्

• आसन्: were / remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārathas (great warriors)
• Arjuna (implied by context: 'that best of men')
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee: viśāmpati/prajānātha)