Shloka 39

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ प्रवत्ते संग्रामे राजन्‌ वीरवरक्षये

Transliteration

tasmin pravṛtte saṅgrāme rājan vīravarakṣaye

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, when that battle had begun in earnest—bringing about the destruction of the foremost heroes—…”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रवत्ते: having begun / in progress
• प्रवत्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृत्त (प्र + √वृत्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in the battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वीरवरक्षये: in the destruction of the best heroes
• वीरवरक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरवरक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• saṅgrāma (the Kurukṣetra war, implied)