Shloka 37

दण्डधारवधः | The Slaying of Daṇḍadhāra

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: समरे तावका: पाण्डवैर्नप । विप्राकीर्यन्त सहसा वातनुन्ना घना इव,नरेश्वरर समरभूमिमें पाण्डवोंकी मार खाकर आपके सैनिक हवाके उड़ाये हुए बादलोंके समान सहसा छिन्न-भिन्न होकर बिखर गये

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ samare tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavair nṛpa | viprākīryanta sahasā vātanunnā ghanā iva ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O king, as your troops were being cut down in battle by the Pāṇḍavas, they suddenly scattered in all directions—shattered and dispersed like clouds driven apart by the wind.

Word by Word

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain/being struck down
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शानच् (present passive participle)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तावकाः: your (men)/belonging to you
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विप्राकीर्यन्त: were scattered/dispersed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-प्र-आ-√कॄ (किरति/किर्यते)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Atmanepada (passive/medio-passive usage), Third, Plural

• सहसा: suddenly/at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• वातनुन्नाः: driven by the wind
• वातनुन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात-नुन्न (√नुद्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• घनाः: clouds
• घनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (nṛpa)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kaurava troops (tāvakāḥ)