Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तथा मया शस्ते यदि द्रौणायनी रुषा । कुरुते भैरवं नादं तत्र कि मम हीयते,मेरे द्वारा द्रोणाचार्यके इस अवस्थामें मारे जानेपर यदि द्रोणपुत्र क्रोधपूर्वक भयानक गर्जना करता हो तो उसमें मेरी क्या हानि है?

Transliteration

tasmiṃs tathā mayā śaste yadi drauṇāyani ruṣā | kurute bhairavaṃ nādaṃ tatra kiṃ mama hīyate ||

Translation

Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “If, after I have struck him down in that condition, Droṇa’s son—seized by wrath—raises a dreadful roar, what loss is that to me?”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• शस्ते: when slain/killed
• शस्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• द्रौणायनी: Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणायनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणायनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रुषा: with anger
• रुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुष्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कुरुते: makes/utters
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• भैरवम्: terrible/fearsome
• भैरवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नादम्: sound/roar
• नादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there/in that matter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me/to me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• हीयते: is diminished/is lost
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Passive

Speaker

धष्टहुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Aśvatthāman (Drauṇāyani)