Shloka 2236

ध्वजवर्णनम् | Dhvaja-varṇanam

Description of War Standards

Devanagari script

यथा जयद्रथं पार्थो न हन्यादिति संयुगे । “यह सब सुनकर दुर्योधन अपने मन्त्रियोंक साथ ऐसी मन्त्रणा करेगा” जिससे अर्जुन समरभूमिमें जयद्रथको मार न सकें

Transliteration

yathā jayadrathaṃ pārtho na hanyād iti saṃyuge |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “So that Pārtha (Arjuna) may not slay Jayadratha in the battle.” Hearing all this, Duryodhana, together with his ministers, will devise such a counsel as to prevent Arjuna from killing Jayadratha on the field of war—an instance of strategy being used to obstruct a vowed act and to shield an ally, regardless of the justice of the cause.

Word by Word

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थः: the son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हन्यात्: might kill / should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Jayadratha
• Duryodhana
• ministers/counsellors (mantrins)