Shloka 246

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

पाज्चाल्यप्रग्रहो द्रोणं सर्वतः समवारयत्‌ । भाइयोंसहित धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने अपनी सारी सेनाके साथ जाकर धृष्टद्युम्नरूपी डोरीकी सहायतासे द्रोणाचार्यको घेर तो नहीं लिया था?

Transliteration

pāñcālya-pragraho droṇaṃ sarvataḥ samavārayat |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Did the Pāñcāla forces not surround Droṇa on all sides—when Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira, together with his brothers and the whole army, advanced and enclosed Droṇācārya with the aid of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, as though he were the restraining cord?”

Word by Word

• पाञ्चाल्य-प्रग्रहम्: the Pāñcālya as the restraining-cord (i.e., Dhr̥ṣṭadyumna as the cord)
• पाञ्चाल्य-प्रग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्यप्रग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Droṇa
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• समवारयत्: surrounded / hemmed in
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Pāñcālas
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Pāṇḍava brothers
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna