Shloka 57

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

युयुत्सुस्तु रथाद्‌ राजन्नपाक्रामत्‌ त्वरान्वित: । ततः: पाण्डवयोधास्ते नागराजं शरैर्द्रूतम्‌

Transliteration

yuyutsus tu rathād rājan apākrāmat tvarānvitaḥ | tataḥ pāṇḍavayodhās te nāgarājaṃ śarair drutam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, Yuyutsu quickly withdrew from his chariot in haste. Then those Pāṇḍava warriors, with their arrows, drove back the lord of elephants.”

Word by Word

• युयुत्सुः: Yuyutsu
• युयुत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अपाक्रामत्: withdrew/retreated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-क्रम्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वरा-अन्वितः: endowed with haste; hurried
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा-अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पाण्डव-योधाः: the Pandava warriors
• पाण्डव-योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव-योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those/they
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाग-राजम्: the king of serpents (Nagaraja)
• नाग-राजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग-राज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रुतम्: swift/quick (as an adverbial qualifier: swiftly)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Yuyutsu
• Pāṇḍava warriors
• ratha (chariot)
• nāgarāja (great elephant/war-elephant)
• śara (arrows)