Shloka 6

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

लोभस्य ज्ञाननाशस्य द्रोहस्यात्याहितस्थ च । पितृणां मम राज्यस्य हरणस्योग्रधन्विनाम्‌

Transliteration

lobhasya jñānanāśasya drohasyātyāhitasya ca | pitṝṇāṁ mama rājyasya haraṇasyogradhanvinām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(I speak) of greed, of the ruin of discernment, of treachery, and of grievous wrongdoing; and of the seizure of my fathers’ kingdom by the fierce bowmen.”

Word by Word

• लोभस्य: of greed
• लोभस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ज्ञाननाशस्य: of the destruction of knowledge
• ज्ञाननाशस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान-नाश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• द्रोहस्य: of treachery
• द्रोहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अत्याहितस्य: of what is extremely harmful / greatly injurious
• अत्याहितस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्याहित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

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

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

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• राज्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हरणस्य: of the taking away / seizure
• हरणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उग्रधन्विनाम्: of the fierce bowmen
• उग्रधन्विनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्र-धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ancestral kingdom (pitṝṇāṁ rājyam)
• fierce bowmen (ugra-dhanvinaḥ)