Shloka 49

Devanagari script

त॑ं द्रौणिरग्रतो दृष्टवा स्थितं कुरुकुलोद्वह । सन्नकण्ठोडब्रवीद्‌ वाक्यमभिवाद्य सुदीनवत्‌,कुरुकुलके श्रेष्ठ पुरुष! महर्षि व्यासको सामने खड़ा देख द्रोणकुमारका गला आँसुओंसे भर आया। उसने अत्यन्त दीनभावसे प्रणाम करके उनसे इस प्रकार पूछा --

Transliteration

taṁ drauṇir agrato dṛṣṭvā sthitaṁ kurukulodvaha | sannakaṇṭho ’bravīd vākyam abhivādya sudīnavat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing him standing before him—O foremost of the Kuru line—Droṇa’s son became choked with emotion. After bowing in reverence, he spoke in a deeply humbled, despondent manner.

Word by Word

• {'taṁ': 'him (accusative singular)', 'drauṇiḥ': 'the son of Droṇa

• Aśvatthāmā', 'agrataḥ': 'in front

• before (him)', 'dṛṣṭvā': 'having seen', 'sthitaṁ': 'standing

• stationed', 'kurukulodvaha': 'O best/foremost of the Kuru lineage (vocative address)', 'sanna-kaṇṭhaḥ': 'with throat choked (with emotion/tears)', 'abravīt': 'said

• spoke', 'vākyam': 'words

• a statement', 'abhivādya': 'having saluted

• having bowed respectfully', 'su-dīna-vat': 'like one very dejected

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)
• Droṇa
• Vyāsa
• Kuru lineage