Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

ये त्वजाग्रन्त कौरव्य तेडपि शब्देन मोहिता: । निरीक्ष्यमाणा अन्योन्यं दृष्टवा दृष्टवा प्रविव्यथु:,कुरुनन्दन! जो जाग रहे थे, वे भी उस कोलाहलसे किंकर्तव्यविमूढ हो गये थे। परस्पर देखे जाते हुए वे सभी सैनिक अश्वत्थामाको देख-देखकर व्यथित हो रहे थे

Transliteration

ye tv ajāgranta kauravya te 'pi śabdena mohitāḥ | nirīkṣyamāṇā anyonyaṁ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā pravivyathuḥ kurunandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O son of the Kuru line, even those who were awake were bewildered by that uproar. Watching one another, they kept looking again and again, and—on seeing Aśvatthāmā—were seized with trembling and distress.”

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

तुbut/indeed

जाग्रन्तःbeing awake, keeping watch

कौरव्यO Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)

तेthey/those

अपिalso/even

शब्देनby the noise/sound

मोहिताःbewildered, deluded

निरीक्ष्यमाणाःbeing looked at/observed

अन्योन्यम्each other, mutually

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen (again and again)

प्रविव्यथुःthey trembled/grew distressed

कुरुनन्दनO joy of the Kurus

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kauravya (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Kurunandana (address)

Aśvatthāmā

Kaurava soldiers

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes