Shloka 53

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

कथं बाले महेष्वासा नृशंसा मर्मभेदिन:

Transliteration

kathaṃ bāle maheṣvāsā nṛśaṃsā marmabhedinaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “How could those great archers—so pitiless, striking at vital points—act thus against a mere child?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्
• Form: Avyaya (interrogative adverb)

• बाले: O girl / O young one
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• महेष्वासाः: great bowmen
• महेष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृशंसाः: cruel, ruthless
• नृशंसाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मर्मभेदिनः: piercing vital spots
• मर्मभेदिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मर्मभेदिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya