Shloka 4

द्रोणाभिमुखानां निवारण-युद्धम् / Interceptions on the Droṇa-front

Devanagari script

स एव महतीं सेनां समावर्तयदाहवे । किमन्यद्‌ दैवसंयोगान्मम पुत्रस्य चाभवत्‌

Transliteration

sa eva mahatīṃ senāṃ samāvartayad āhave | kim anyad daivasaṃyogān mama putrasya cābhavat |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “He alone brought that vast army back into order in the midst of battle. What else could have happened for my son, except through the conjunction of fate?”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महतीम्: great/large
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सेनाम्: army
• सेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समावर्तयत्: turned back/caused to return
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-वृत् (णिच्)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• किम्: what
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यत्: else/other
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दैवसंयोगात्: from the conjunction of fate/fortune
• दैवसंयोगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव-संयोग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• अभवत्: happened/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• mama putra (Duryodhana, implied)
• senā (the Kaurava army, implied)