Shloka 323

Devanagari script

प्रहशस्तावका राजन्‌ सिंहनादान्‌ विनेदिरे । राजन्‌! उस महासमरमें पाण्डव-सेनाको दग्ध होती देख आपके सैनिक अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हो जोर-जोरसे सिंहनाद करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | prahaṣṭās tāvakā rājan siṃhanādān vinedire | rājan, asmin mahāsamare pāṇḍava-senāṃ dagdhāṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sainikā atyantaṃ prasannāḥ san uccair uccaiḥ siṃhanādān cakruḥ |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O King, your warriors, exultant, raised loud lion-roars. Seeing the Pandava army being scorched in that great battle, they became exceedingly delighted and shouted their triumphant roars again and again.”

Word by Word

• प्रहृष्टाः: delighted, exultant
• प्रहृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तावकाः: your men (your soldiers)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सिंहनादान्: lion-roars, battle-cries
• सिंहनादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विनेदिरे: they roared, they sounded forth
• विनेदिरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√नद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Kaurava soldiers
• Pandava army
• lion-roar (siṃhanāda)