Shloka 2

Karṇa’s Camp-Council Discourse: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament, Sañjaya’s Counsel, and Karṇa’s Request for Śalya

Book 8, Chapter 22

Devanagari script

तौ समेतौ महायुद्धे दृष्टवा तत्र महारथा: । सिंहनादरवांक्षक्रुर्वासांस्यादुधुवुश्चव ह,उस महायुद्धमें उन दोनों भाइयोंको एकत्र हुआ देख वहाँ खड़े हुए महारथी योद्धा सिंहनाद करने और वस्त्र हिलाने लगे

Transliteration

tau sametau mahāyuddhe dṛṣṭvā tatra mahārathāḥ | siṃhanāda-ravān cakrur vāsāṃsy ādadhuvuś ca ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Seeing those two brothers come together on that field of great battle, the mighty chariot-warriors standing there raised lion-like roars and waved their garments in excitement.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• समेतौ: come together, assembled
• समेतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत (सम् + इ + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महायुद्धे: in the great battle
• महायुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिंहनादरवान्: lion-roar (as an object: a lion-roar)
• सिंहनादरवान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंहनादरवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रुः: they made / uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, 3, Plural

• वासांसि: garments, cloths
• वासांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आदुधुवुः: they shook / waved
• Type: Verb
• Root: धू
• Form: Perfect, 3, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the two brothers (unspecified in this verse)
• mahārathas (great warriors)