Shloka 52

अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्

Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report

Devanagari script

मया च पापकर्मासौ धृष्टद्युम्नो महीपते । प्रविश्य शिबिरं रात्रौ पशुमारेण मारित:,'भूपाल! मैंने स्वयं रातके समय शिविरमें घुसकर पापाचारी धृष्टद्युम्मको पशुओंकी तरह गला घोंट-घोंटकर मार डाला है”

Transliteration

mayā ca pāpakarmāsau dhṛṣṭadyumno mahīpate | praviśya śibiraṃ rātrau paśumāreṇa māritaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, I too—having entered the camp at night—killed that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, a doer of sinful deeds, strangling him like an animal.”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पापकर्मा: evil-doing, sinful in deeds
• पापकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असौ: that (man)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/असौ (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपते: O king (lord of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), —, —

• शिबिरम्: the camp
• शिबिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पशुमारेण: by a beast-slaying method / like slaughtering an animal
• पशुमारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुमार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मारितः: killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (मारयति caus.)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Mahīpati (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Śibira (military camp)