Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ते हता न्‍्यपतन्‌ भूमौ धृष्टद्युम्नस्य वाजिन: । शोणास्तु पर्यमुच्यन्त रथबन्धाद्‌ विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! धृष्टद्युम्नके वे घोड़े मारे जाकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े और लाल रंगवाले घोड़े रथके बन्धनसे मुक्त हो गये

Transliteration

te hatā nyapatan bhūmau dhṛṣṭadyumnasya vājinaḥ | śoṇās tu paryamucyanta rathabandhād viśāmpate prajānātha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The horses of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, struck down, fell upon the earth. But the red steeds were released from the chariot’s harness—O lord of the people, O protector of subjects—showing how, amid the violence of war, fate spares some even as others perish.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हताः: killed
• हताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न्यपतन्: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नस्य: of Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शोणाः: red (ones)
• शोणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पर्यमुच्यन्त: were released / got freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada, Lat

• रथबन्धात्: from the chariot-tether/binding
• रथबन्धात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथबन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• horses/steeds (vājinaḥ)
• red horses (śoṇāḥ)
• chariot harness/fastening (rathabandha)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocatives viśāmpate, prajānātha)