Shloka 986

Devanagari script

क्रोध॑ परममातस्थौ समरे रुधिरोक्षित: । नरेश्वर! दो ही घड़ीमें पुन: सचेत हो खूनसे लथपथ हुए अश्वत्थामाने उस समरांगणमें अत्यन्त क्रोध प्रकट किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | krodhaḥ paramam ātasthau samare rudhirokṣitaḥ | nareśvara |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O king, drenched in blood on the battlefield, he gave himself over to the utmost fury. In a short while, regaining awareness, Aśvatthāmā—smeared with blood—revealed a terrible wrath upon that field of war.

Word by Word

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme, extreme
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आतस्थौ: stood up; took position; arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रुधिर-उक्षितः: sprinkled/covered with blood
• रुधिर-उक्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर-उक्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nareśvara (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• battlefield (samara)