Shloka 23

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मिन्‌ हते वीरे सौभद्रेणाश्मकेश्वरे

Transliteration

tatastasmīn hate vīre saubhadreṇāśmakeśvare

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, when that heroic lord of the Aśmakas had been slain by Saubhadra, the course of the battle shifted under the weight of that decisive fall.

Word by Word

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

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (one/event)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• हते: when (he) was slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• वीरे: in the hero
• वीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सौभद्रेण: by the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• अश्मकेश्वरे: in/when the lord of the Aśmakas
• अश्मकेश्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मक-ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Āśmaka-īśvara (lord of the Aśmakas)
• Aśmaka (people/kingdom)