Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

तुदन्नखैस्तु स द्रौ्णिं नातिव्यक्तमुदाहरत्‌,उसने अपने नखोंसे द्रोणकुमारको बकोटते हुए अस्पष्ट वाणीमें कहा--“मनुष्योंमें श्रेष्ठ आचार्यपुत्र! अब देरी न करो। मुझे किसी शस्त्रसे मार डालो, जिससे तुम्हारे कारण मैं पुण्यलोकोंमें जा सकूँ”

Transliteration

tudann akhais tu sa drauṇiṁ nātivyaktam udāharat | “manuṣyeṣu śreṣṭha ācāryaputra! adya vilambaṁ mā kṛthāḥ | māṁ kenacid astrena jahi, yena tava hetunāhaṁ puṇyalokān gamiṣyāmi” ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Scratching the son of Droṇa with his nails, he spoke in a muffled, indistinct voice: “O best among men, O son of the teacher—do not delay now. Kill me with some weapon, so that, through your agency, I may depart to the worlds of merit.”

Word by Word

• तुदन्: piercing, pricking
• तुदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नखैः: with (his) nails
• नखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• द्रौणिम्: Drona's son (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रौणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अतिव्यक्तम्: very clearly, distinctly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उदाहरत्: said, uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)
• Droṇa (by patronymic reference)
• puṇyaloka (worlds of merit)