Shloka 19

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

सुतसोमस्तु त॑ दृष्टवा पितुरत्यन्तवैरिणम्‌ । शरैरनेकसाहस्रैश्छादयामास भारत,भरतनन्दन! सुतसोमने अपने पिताके अत्यन्त वैरी शकुनिको सामने देखकर उसे कई हजार बाणोंसे आच्छादित कर दिया

Transliteration

sutasomastu taṁ dṛṣṭvā pitur atyantavairiṇam | śarair anekasāhasraiś chādayāmāsa bhārata bharatanandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing Śakuni—his father’s most implacable enemy—Sutasoma covered him with many thousands of arrows, O Bhārata, O joy of the Bharatas.

Word by Word

• सुतसोमः: Sutasoma
• सुतसोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतसोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अत्यन्त: exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त

• वैरिणम्: enemy
• वैरिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनेक: many
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• साहस्रैः: by thousands (in thousands)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• छादयामास: covered/blanketed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O descendant/delighter of Bharata
• भरतनन्दन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sutasoma
• Śakuni
• Sutasoma's father (implied)
• arrows (śara)