Shloka 21

Śakuni–Duryodhana-saṃvāda: Dyūta-yojanā (Śakuni and Duryodhana on Planning the Dice-Game)

Devanagari script

शड़्खं च सुमहाभागं वृषसेनं च मानिनम्‌ । एकलव्यं च विक्रान्तं कालिडूं च महारथम्‌

Transliteration

śaṅkhaṃ ca sumahābhāgaṃ vṛṣasenaṃ ca māninam | ekalavyaṃ ca vikrāntaṃ kāliduṃ ca mahāratham ||

Translation

Śiśupāla said: “There are Śaṅkha, greatly fortunate; Vṛṣasena, proud in spirit; Ekalavya, valiant; and Kālidu, a great chariot-warrior.”

Word by Word

• शङ्खम्: Shankha (a person named Śaṅkha)
• शङ्खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सुमहाभागम्: very fortunate / highly illustrious
• सुमहाभागम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृषसेनम्: Vrishasena
• वृषसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• मानिनम्: proud / self-respecting
• मानिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकलव्यम्: Ekalavya
• एकलव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकलव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विक्रान्तम्: valiant / mighty
• विक्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कालिडूम्: Kālidu (proper name)
• कालिडूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिडू
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• महारथम्: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शङ्ख (Śaṅkha)
• वृषसेन (Vṛṣasena)
• एकलव्य (Ekalavya)
• कालिडु (Kālidu)