Shloka 64

Devanagari script

दहने यत्‌ सपुत्राया निशि मातुस्तवानघ । द्यूतार्थे यच्च युष्मासु प्रावर्तत सुयोधन:

Transliteration

dahane yat saputrāyā niśi mātus tavānagha | dyūtārthe yac ca yuṣmāsu prāvartata suyodhanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O sinless one, that outrage which was committed at night against your mother together with her sons, and that which Suyodhana set in motion against you all for the sake of gambling—these deeds…”

Word by Word

• दहने: in the burning (fire)
• दहने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दहन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सपुत्रायाः: of/for (her) who had a son
• सपुत्रायाः: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपुत्रा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मातुः: of (your) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्यूतार्थे: for the purpose of gambling
• द्यूतार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूतार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• युष्मासु: among you / with respect to you (all)
• युष्मासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Plural

• प्रावर्तत: arose / began / occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address anagha)
• Kuntī (as 'your mother')
• Pāṇḍavas (as 'her sons' / 'you all')
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Dyūta (dice-game, as an event/objective)