Shloka 122

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

केचिदूचुर्न तत्‌ क्लुद्धैर्धार्तराष्ट्र: कृतं रणे । यत्‌ कृतं नः प्रसुप्तानां रक्षोभि: क्रूरकर्मभि:

Transliteration

kecid ūcur na tat kluddhair dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ kṛtaṃ raṇe | yat kṛtaṃ naḥ prasuptānāṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Some declared, “That deed was not done in fair battle by the enraged sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. What was done to us while we lay asleep was the work of cruel-doing rākṣasas.”

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक: किम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तत्: that (deed/act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• क्लुद्धैः: by enraged (men)
• क्लुद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लुद्ध (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्रैः: by the Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• धार्तराष्ट्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कृतम्: done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

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

• कृतम्: was done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नः: of us / our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• प्रसुप्तानाम्: of (us) sleeping
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसुप्त (सु॒प्/स्वप् + प्र, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• रक्षोभिः: by rākṣasas/demons
• रक्षोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रूरकर्मभिः: by cruel-doers / of cruel deeds
• क्रूरकर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूरकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)
• rakṣasas