Shloka 18

द्रोणानीकाभिमुखगमनम्

Abhimanyu advances toward Droṇa’s host

Devanagari script

अभिमनयुरवाच द्रोणस्य दृढमत्युग्रमनीकप्रवरं युधि | पितृणां जयमाकाडुृक्षन्नवगाहे5विलम्बितम्‌,अभिमन्युने कहा--महाराज! मैं अपने पितृ-वर्गकी विजयकी अभिलाषासे युद्धस्थलमें द्रोणाचार्यकी अत्यन्त भयंकर, सुदृढ़ एवं श्रेष्ठ सेनामें शीघ्र ही प्रवेश करता हूँ

Translation

Abhimanyu said: “O great king! Longing for victory for my father’s kinsmen, I shall, without delay, enter the battlefield and plunge into Droṇācārya’s host—most dreadful, steadfast, and supreme in war.”

Word by Word

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रोणस्य: of Drona
• द्रोणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दृढमति: firm-minded
• दृढमति: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढमति
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उग्रम्: fierce
• उग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनीकप्रवरम्: best of armies / foremost battalion
• अनीकप्रवरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनीकप्रवर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पितॄणाम्: of the fathers/elders
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आकाङ्क्षन्: desiring
• आकाङ्क्षन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आकाङ्क्ष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवगाहे: I enter / I plunge into
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवगाह्
• Form: Present, Indicative, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• विलम्बितम्: delayed / lingering
• विलम्बितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विलम्बित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

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