Shloka 19

Adhyaya 11 — Draupadī’s Grief, Demand for Justice, and Bhīma’s Departure

Devanagari script

स कल्याणि बन दुर्ग दूरं द्रौणिरितो गत: । तस्य त्वं पातनं संख्ये कथं ज्ञास्यसि शोभने

Transliteration

sā kalyāṇi vana-durga-dūraṃ drauṇir ito gataḥ | tasya tvaṃ pātanaṃ saṅkhye kathaṃ jñāsyasi śobhane ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O auspicious lady, Drauṇi has gone far from this forest stronghold. How, then, O fair one, will you come to know of his downfall in battle?”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कल्याणि: O auspicious one
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• वन-दुर्गात्: from the forest-fort/stronghold
• वन-दुर्गात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनदुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• दूरम्: far away
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर

• द्रौणिः: Drauni (son of Drona, Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः

• गतः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• पातनम्: the causing to fall; downfall; slaying
• पातनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सङ्ख्ये: in battle
• सङ्ख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्य
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• ज्ञास्यसि: will you know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभना
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)
• Droṇa
• vana-durga (forest stronghold)