Shloka 59

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

एकवर्णेन सर्वेण ध्वजेन कवचेन च | अश्वैश्न धनुषा चैव शुक्लै: शुक्लो न्यवर्तत,जिनके ध्वज, कवच और धनुष--ये सब कुछ एक ही रंगके थे, वे राजा शुक्ल शुक्लवर्णके अअश्रोंद्वारा युद्धके मैदानमें लौट आये

Transliteration

ekavarṇena sarveṇa dhvajena kavacena ca | aśvaiś ca dhanuṣā caiva śuklaiḥ śuklo nyavartata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With banner, armour, horses, and bow—all of a single hue—King Śukla, himself radiant in whiteness, turned back and returned upon the battlefield.

Word by Word

• एकवर्णेन: with/of one color
• एकवर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकवर्ण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वेण: entire, all (as a whole)
• सर्वेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ध्वजेन: with the banner/standard
• ध्वजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कवचेन: with the armor
• कवचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवच
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• धनुषा: with a bow
• धनुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शुक्लैः: with white (ones)
• शुक्लैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शुक्लः: Śukla (the king named Śukla)
• शुक्लः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्यवर्तत: returned, turned back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Lan (Imperfect), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King Śukla
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• kavaca (armour)
• dhanuṣ (bow)
• aśva (horses)
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)