Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

पुराभिमन्युर्लक्ष्यं न: पश्यतां हन्ति वीर्यवान्‌ । तमाद्रवत मा भैष्ट क्षिप्रं रक्षत कौरवम्‌,“बलवान अभिमन्यु हमारे देखते-देखते अपने लक्ष्यभूत राजा दुर्योधनको पहले ही मार डालेगा; अतः तुम सब लोग दौड़ो, भय न करो, शीघ्र ही कुरुवंशी दुर्योधनकी रक्षा करो”

Transliteration

purābhimanyur lakṣyaṃ naḥ paśyatāṃ hanti vīryavān | tam ādravata mā bhaiṣṭa kṣipraṃ rakṣata kauravam ||

Translation

“Before our very eyes, the mighty Abhimanyu will strike down our marked target—King Duryodhana. Run at him; do not be afraid. Quickly protect the Kuru prince (Duryodhana).”

Word by Word

• पुरा: beforehand, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• लक्ष्यम्: the target
• लक्ष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, plural (enclitic)

• पश्यताम्: while (we) look on
• पश्यताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: present active participial base used as genitive plural (locative-genitive absolute sense): 'while (we) are seeing'

• हन्ति: kills / will slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• वीर्यवान्: valiant, powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आद्रवत: run (towards), rush
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: imperative, parasmaipada, 2nd person, plural (with preverb आ-)

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive particle

• भैष्ट: fear
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: aorist/imperative (prohibitive with मा), parasmaipada, 2nd person, plural

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र
• Form: indeclinable (adverbial accusative)

• रक्षत: protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: imperative, parasmaipada, 2nd person, plural

• कौरवम्: the Kaurava (Duryodhana)
• कौरवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu
• Duryodhana (implied by 'Kaurava' and the Hindi gloss)
• Kauravas (as the addressed group)