Shloka 38

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

मोक्षयित्वा प्रहारं त॑ सुतस्तव सुसम्भ्रमात्‌ भीमसेनं च गदया प्राहरत्‌ कुरुसत्तम,कुरुश्रेष्ठ! उस प्रहारसे अपनेको बचाकर आपके पुत्रने भीमसेनपर बड़े वेगसे गदाद्वारा आघात किया

Transliteration

mokṣayitvā prahāraṃ taṃ sutastava susambhramāt bhīmasenaṃ ca gadayā prāharat kurusattama

Translation

O best of the Kurus, after evading that blow in swift alertness, your son struck Bhīmasena with his mace with great force.

Word by Word

• मोक्षयित्वा: having released/let go (after warding off)
• मोक्षयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• प्रहारम्: the blow/strike
• प्रहारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तव: your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• सुसम्भ्रमात्: from great agitation/haste
• सुसम्भ्रमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुसम्भ्रम
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• प्राहरत्: struck/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), parasmaipada, 3rd, singular

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-सत्तम
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O foremost of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')
• Gadā (mace)
• Kuru (dynasty/people, as address)