Shloka 28

Dyūta-āhvāna: Śakuni’s Proposal, Vidura’s Warning, and the Summons of Yudhiṣṭhira

Sabhā-parva 51

Devanagari script

निशितांश्वैव दीर्घासीनृष्टिशक्तिपरश्वधान्‌ । अपरान्तसमुद्धूतांस्तथैव परशूज्छितान्‌

Transliteration

niśitāṁś caiva dīrghāsīn ṛṣṭiśaktiparaśvadhān | aparāntasamuddhūtāṁs tathaiva paraśūcchitān

Translation

Duryodhana said: “(I saw) sharp weapons—long swords, spears, javelins, and battle-axes—along with other arms brought in from the western regions, and likewise axes fitted and prepared for use.”

Word by Word

• निशितान्: sharpened, keen
• निशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दीर्घासीन्: long-swords
• दीर्घासीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घासि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ऋष्टीन्: spears, lances
• ऋष्टीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• शक्तीन्: javelins, spears
• शक्तीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• परश्वधान्: battle-axes
• परश्वधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परश्वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपरान्तसमुद्धूतान्: raised aloft from the western end (i.e., from the far side)
• अपरान्तसमुद्धूतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरान्त-समुद्धूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• परशून्: axes
• परशून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परशु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• छितान्: cut, hewn; (also) sharpened/trimmed
• छितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• weapons (swords, spears, javelins, axes)
• Aparānta (western region)