Shloka 31

Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

तान्‌ प्रत्यगृह्नात्‌ पुत्रस्ते मद्रराजश्न वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

tān pratyagṛhṇāt putras te madrarājaś ca vīryavān

Translation

Sañjaya said: Your son, and the mighty king of Madra as well, received them in return—accepting what was offered back in the course of the war’s exchanges.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रत्यगृह्णात्: accepted/received
• प्रत्यगृह्णात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मद्रराजः: the king of Madra
• मद्रराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वीर्यवान्: powerful/valiant
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'te')
• Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')
• Śalya (Madrarāja, king of Madra)
• Madra (kingdom)