Shloka 79

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

Devanagari script

यद्येवमहमज्ञास्यमशक्तान्‌ रक्षणे मम । पुत्रस्य पाण्डुपञ्चालान्‌ मया गुप्तो भवेत्‌ तत:,“यदि मैं ऐसा जानता कि पाण्डव और पांचाल मेरे पुत्रकी रक्षा करनेमें असमर्थ हैं तो मैं स्वयं उसकी रक्षा करता

Transliteration

yadyevamaham ajñāsyam aśaktān rakṣaṇe mama | putrasya pāṇḍupañcālān mayā gupto bhavet tataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Had I only known this—that the Pāṇḍavas and the Pāñcālas were incapable of protecting my son—then from that moment I myself would have kept him guarded.”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अज्ञास्यम्: would know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: conditional (lṛṅ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• अशक्तान्: unable, powerless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशक्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• रक्षणे: in (the matter of) protection
• रक्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पाण्डु-पञ्चालान्: the Pāṇḍavas and the Pāñcālas
• पाण्डु-पञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु + पञ्चाल
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: instrumental, singular

• गुप्तः: protected, guarded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: optative (vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāñcālas
• putra (the speaker’s son)