Shloka 36

कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation

Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows

Devanagari script

वार्यमाणा महासेना पुत्रैस्तव जनेश्वर । न चातिष्ठत संग्रामे पीड्यमाना समन्तत:ः,जनेश्वर! सब ओरसे पीड़ित हुई आपकी विशाल सेना आपके पुत्रोंके बहुत रोकनेपर भी युद्धभूमिमें खड़ी न रह सकी

Transliteration

vāryamāṇā mahāsenā putrais tava janeśvara | na cātiṣṭhata saṅgrāme pīḍyamānā samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of men, though restrained again and again by your sons, your vast army—harried and pressed from every side—could not hold its ground upon the battlefield.

Word by Word

• वार्यमाणा: being restrained/checked
• वार्यमाणा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारय् (धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्), कर्मणि

• महासेना: the great army
• महासेना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रैः: by (your) sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular, Second

• जनेश्वर: O lord of men
• जनेश्वर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अतिष्ठत्: stood/remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पीड्यमाना: being oppressed/harassed
• पीड्यमाना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्), कर्मणि

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kaurava sons (Duryodhana and brothers)
• Kaurava army