Shloka 7

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

असौ दुर्योधन: पार्थ वाजिमध्ये व्यवस्थित: । छत्रेण प्रियमाणेन प्रेक्षमाणो मुहुर्मुहु:,'पार्थ! वह रहा दुर्योधन, जो छत्र धारण किये घुड़सवारोंके बीचमें खड़ा है और बारंबार इधर ही देख रहा है

Transliteration

asau duryodhanaḥ pārtha vājimadhye vyavasthitaḥ | chatreṇa priyamāṇena prekṣamāṇo muhur muhuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Pārtha, there stands Duryodhana amid the horsemen, shaded and honored by a parasol, repeatedly casting his gaze this way again and again.”

Word by Word

• असौ: this (that) person here
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वाजि-मध्ये: in the midst of horses/horsemen
• वाजि-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजि + मध्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्यवस्थितः: standing/positioned
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्था (वि + अव + √स्था) → व्यवस्थित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छत्रेण: with an umbrella
• छत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रियमाणेन: being held/borne (as a pleasing honor)
• प्रियमाणेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रि (√प्री) → प्रियमाण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रेक्षमाणः: looking
• प्रेक्षमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेक्ष् (प्र + √ईक्ष्) → प्रेक्षमाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस्

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• parasol (chatra)
• horsemen/cavalry (vāji-madhya)