Shloka 12

Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha

Verbal Duel and Omens

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा प्रगृह्म महतीं गदाम्‌ | पदभ्याममर्षी द्युतिमानगच्छत्‌ पाण्डवैः सह,महाराज! तब “बहुत अच्छा”, कहकर वीर राजा कुन्तीपुत्र युधिष्ठिर समन्तपंचक तीर्थकी ओर चल दिये। उस समय अमर्षमें भरा हुआ तेजस्वी राजा दुर्योधन हाथमें विशाल गदा लेकर पाण्डवोंके साथ पैदल ही चला

Transliteration

tato duryodhano rājā pragṛhya mahatīṁ gadām | padabhyām amarṣī dyutimān agacchat pāṇḍavaiḥ saha, mahārāja |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then King Duryodhana, taking up a massive mace, set out on foot. Burning with resentment yet radiant with martial resolve, he proceeded together with the Pāṇḍavas, O great king.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रगृह्य: having taken up; having grasped
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable; 'having seized/taken up'

• महतīm: great; huge
• महतīm: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• पदभ्याम्: with (his) feet; on foot
• पदभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: neuter, instrumental, dual

• अमर्षी: wrathful; full of indignation
• अमर्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्युतिमान्: splendid; radiant
• द्युतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अगच्छत्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Sahartha (instrumental of accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: indeclinable (postposition with instrumental)

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')
• gadā (mace)