Shloka 10

Droṇanidhana-anantaraṃ sainya-viṣādaḥ and Karṇa-pravṛttiḥ

After Droṇa’s fall: army despondency and Karṇa’s advance

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच आपगेये हते शूरे दिव्यास्त्रवति संजय । द्रोणे च परमेष्वासे भृशं मे व्यथितं मन:,धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! दिव्यास्त्रोंके ज्ञाता शूरवीर गंगानन्दन भीष्म तथा महाधनुर्धर ट्रोणाचार्यके मारे जानेसे मेरे मनमें बड़ी भारी व्यथा हो रही है

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | āpageye hate śūre divyāstraviti sañjaya | droṇe ca parameṣvāse bhṛśaṃ me vyathitaṃ manaḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, my mind is deeply tormented. When the heroic son of the Gaṅgā—Bhīṣma, master of celestial weapons—was slain, and when Droṇa too, the supreme archer, was killed, a great anguish has seized me.”

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

उवाचsaid

आपगेयेwhen/with the son of the Gaṅgā (Bhīṣma)

हतेwhen slain

शूरेin the hero (i.e., the heroic one)

दिव्यास्त्रवतिin the knower/possessor of divine weapons

संजयO Sañjaya

द्रोणेwhen/with Droṇa

चand

परमेष्वासेin the supreme archer

भृशम्exceedingly

मेmy

व्यथितम्afflicted, pained

मनःmind

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma (Āpageya, son of Gaṅgā)

Gaṅgā

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

divyāstras (celestial weapons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes