Shloka 35

शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः

Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel

Devanagari script

ततः पार्था महेष्वासा: सात्वताभिसूतं नृपम्‌ | अभ्यवर्तन्‌ रथैस्तूर्ण मातुलं वधकाड्क्षया,तब महाथधनुर्धर पृथापुत्रोंने सात्यकिके साथ उलझे हुए मामा मद्रराज शल्यके वधकी इच्छासे रथोंद्वारा उनपर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

tataḥ pārthā maheṣvāsāḥ sātvātābhisūtaṃ nṛpam | abhyavartan rathais tūrṇaṃ mātulaṃ vadhakāṅkṣayā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the mighty bowmen, the sons of Pṛthā, swiftly wheeled their chariots and charged the king—Sātvata’s charioteer—who was their maternal uncle, driven by the desire to slay him.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पार्थाः: the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महेष्वासाः: great bowmen
• महेष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सात्वताभिसूतम्: the charioteer of the Sātvatas (i.e., Sātyaki)
• सात्वताभिसूतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सात्वताभिसूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यवर्तन्: they attacked / rushed upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रथैः: with chariots
• रथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• मातुलम्: maternal uncle
• मातुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वधकाङ्क्षया: with the desire to kill
• वधकाङ्क्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वधकाङ्क्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Sātvata (Kṛṣṇa)
• mātula (maternal uncle; contextually Śalya, king of Madra)