Shloka 2
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
Devanagari script
कच्चिन्न वारितौ क्षुद्रे रक्षिभिनोंपलक्षितौ । असहामिति मन्वानौ न निवृत्ती महारथौ
Transliteration
kaccin na vāritau kṣudre rakṣibhir nopala kṣitau | asahām iti manvānau na nivṛttī mahārathau ||
Translation
He said: “Surely those two great chariot-warriors have not been held back by the petty guards, nor even detected by them? Thinking, ‘We cannot endure this (humiliation/defeat),’ have they not turned back from their purpose?”
Word by Word
कच्चित्whether? (interrogative particle)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वारितौprevented, stopped
वारितौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवारित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
क्षुद्रेmean, petty
क्षुद्रे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
रक्षिभिःby guards, by protectors
रक्षिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अनुपलक्षितौunnoticed, not recognized
अनुपलक्षितौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअनुपलक्षित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
असहाम्intolerable (thing), not to be borne
असहाम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootअसह्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
मन्वानौthinking, considering
मन्वानौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
निवृत्तीwithdrawal, turning back
निवृत्ती:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Dual
महारथौthe two great chariot-warriors
महारथौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
Speaker
घतयाट्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
M
mahārathau (two great chariot-warriors)R
rakṣibhiḥ (guards/sentries)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes