Shloka 88

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

Devanagari script

उत्पेतुस्तेन शब्देन योधा राजन्‌ विचेतस: । निद्रार्ताश्ष भयात॑'॒क्ष व्यधावन्त ततस्तत:,राजन्‌! उस मार-काटके कोलाहलसे निद्रामें अचेत पड़े हुए योद्धा चौंककर उछल पड़ते और भयसे व्याकुल हो इधर-उधर भागने लगते थे

Transliteration

utpetus tena śabdena yodhā rājan vicetasaḥ | nidrārtāś ca bhayāt kṣipraṃ vyadhāvanta tatas tataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, startled by that uproar, the warriors—who had been lying senseless in sleep—sprang up in confusion. Stricken by fear, they ran wildly in every direction.

Word by Word

• उत्पेतुः: leapt up / sprang up
• उत्पेतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पत्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (past), 3, plural

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• शब्देन: by the noise/sound
• शब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• विचेतसः: bewildered / senseless
• विचेतसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-चेतस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• निद्रार्ताः: afflicted by sleep
• निद्रार्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निद्रा-आर्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• व्याकुलाः: agitated / distressed
• व्याकुलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याकुल
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• व्यधावन्त: ran about / fled
• व्यधावन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√धाव्
• Form: लङ्, imperfect (past), 3, plural

• ततः: then / from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ततः: thereupon / thence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)
• warriors (yodhāḥ)