Shloka 21

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

पुत्र तु शिशुपालस्य नरसिंहस्य मारिष

Transliteration

putras tu śiśupālasya narasiṃhasya māriṣa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “But the son of Śiśupāla—O revered one—was of lion-like prowess.”

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शिशुपालस्य: of Śiśupāla
• शिशुपालस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशुपाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नरसिंहस्य: of Narasiṃha (the man-lion)
• नरसिंहस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मारिष: O noble one / dear sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śiśupāla