Shloka 37

शैनेयचरितम्

The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement

Devanagari script

बाह्लीकराजस्तेजस्वी कुलपुत्रो महारथ: । सहसेन: सहामात्यो द्रौपदेयानवारयत्‌,उत्तम कुलमें उत्पन्न हुए तेजस्वी महारथी बाह्लीकराजने सेना और मन्त्रियोंसहित जाकर द्रौपदी-पुत्रोंको रोका

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | bāhlīkarājas tejasvī kulaputro mahārathaḥ | sahasenaḥ sahāmātyo draupadeyān avārayat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The radiant king of Bāhlīka, a noble-born great chariot-warrior, went forth with his troops and ministers and checked the advance of the sons of Draupadī. In the moral texture of the war, this shows how lineage-pride and kṣātra-dharma drive leaders to restrain the enemy, even as the struggle tightens around the young heirs who bear their side’s hopes.

Word by Word

• बाह्लीकराजः: the king of Bāhlīka
• बाह्लीकराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्लीकराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेजस्वी: splendid, radiant
• तेजस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुलपुत्रः: a noble-born man (son of a good family)
• कुलपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहसेनः: together with (his) army
• सहसेनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहामात्यः: together with (his) ministers
• सहामात्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहामात्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौपदेयान्: the sons of Draupadī
• द्रौपदेयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवारयत्: restrained, stopped
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (णिच्) / वृ (causative)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bāhlīka-rāja (King of Bāhlīka)
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)
• Army (senā)
• Ministers/Counsellors (āmātya)