Shloka 22

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

किमनेनाति भुग्नेन वाग्भि: काष्ठसधर्मणा । रथेष्वारोहत क्षिप्रं गच्छामो वसुधाधिपा:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kim anenāti bhugnena vāgbhiḥ kāṣṭhasadharmaṇā | ratheṣv ārohata kṣipraṃ gacchāmo vasudhādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “What is the use of these excessively broken, wooden-like words? Mount your chariots quickly, O lords of the earth; let us go.”

Word by Word

• किम्: what (use/need)
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अनेन: with/by this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• अति: excessively, very
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• भुग्नेन: bent, broken, feeble
• भुग्नेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुग्न
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• वाग्भिः: with words/speech
• वाग्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• काष्ठसधर्मणा: having the nature of wood (wood-like)
• काष्ठसधर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काष्ठ-सधर्मन्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• रथेषु: in/on the chariots
• रथेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• आरोहत: mount, climb up
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: imperative, 2nd, plural, parasmaipada

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• गच्छामः: we go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: present, 1st, plural, parasmaipada

• वसुधाधिपाः: O lords of the earth (kings)
• वसुधाधिपाः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा-अधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• रथ (chariots)
• वसुधाधिपाः (kings/lords of the earth)