Shloka 3

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

तत्‌ सैन्यं भरतश्रेष्ठ वध्यमानं किरीटिना । सम्प्रदुद्राव संग्रामात्‌ तव पुत्रस्य पश्यत:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! किरीटधारी अर्जुनकी मार खाकर वह बची हुई सेना आपके पुत्रके देखते- देखते रणभूमिसे भाग चली

Transliteration

tat sainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha vadhyamānaṃ kirīṭinā | sampradudrāva saṃgrāmāt tava putrasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O best of the Bharatas, that army—cut down by the diademed warrior (Arjuna)—broke and fled from the battlefield, even as your son looked on.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वध्यमानम्: being slain/being struck down
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किरीटिना: by the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्प्रदुद्राव: fled away / ran off
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√द्रु
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• संग्रामात्: from the battle
• संग्रामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (he) was watching / in the presence of (him) watching
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत् (√पश्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• Duryodhana (tava putra)