Shloka 25

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मिन्‌ क्षणे राजन्‌ विविधानि शुभानि च । प्रादुरासन्‌ निमित्तानि विजयाय बहूनि च । पाण्डवानां त्वदीयानां विपरीतानि मारिष,माननीय महाराज! उस समय बहुत-से ऐसे शुभ शकुन प्रकट हुए, जो पाण्डवोंकी विजय और आपके सैनिकोंकी पराजयकी सूचना दे रहे थे

Transliteration

tatas tasmin kṣaṇe rājan vividhāni śubhāni ca | prādurāsan nimittāni vijayāya bahūni ca | pāṇḍavānāṁ tvadīyānāṁ viparītāni māriṣa ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Then, at that very moment, O King, many diverse auspicious portents appeared—signs foretelling victory for the Pāṇḍavas; and, dear sir, they appeared as contrary omens for your own forces, indicating their reversal and defeat.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तस्मिन्in that

क्षणेmoment

राजन्O king

विविधानिvarious

शुभानिauspicious

चand

प्रादुरासन्appeared, manifested

निमित्तानिomens, signs

विजयायfor victory

बहूनिmany

चand

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

त्वदीयानाम्of yours (your people/army)

विपरीतानिcontrary, adverse (to you)

मारिषO venerable sir

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍavas

Kaurava forces (tvadīyāḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes