Shloka 15

Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)

Devanagari script

तस्य पक्षप्रपक्षेभ्यो निष्पतन्ति युयुत्सव:

Transliteration

tasya pakṣaprapakṣebhyo niṣpatanti yuyutsavaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “From both his wings and counter-wings, eager warriors burst forth—surging out in disciplined waves, driven by the fierce resolve of battle and the duty-bound momentum of the war.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पक्ष-प्रपक्षेभ्यः: from the wings and the counter-wings (flanks)
• पक्ष-प्रपक्षेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षप्रपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• निष्पतन्ति: rush forth / sally out
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष् + पत्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• युयुत्सवः: those desiring to fight (combatants)
• युयुत्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yuyutsavaḥ)
• wings/flanks of an army formation (pakṣa, prapakṣa)