Shloka 28

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच प्रमुक्त द्रोणकर्णाभ्यां ब्रह्मास्त्रमरिमर्दन

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca pramukta-droṇa-karṇābhyāṁ brahmāstram arimardana

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O subduer of foes, the Brahmāstra has been discharged by Droṇa and Karṇa.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• प्रमुक्तम्: released, discharged
• प्रमुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-मुच्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणकर्णाभ्याम्: by Droṇa and Karṇa
• द्रोणकर्णाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• ब्रह्मास्त्रम्: the Brahmā-weapon (Brahmāstra)
• ब्रह्मास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अरिमर्दन: O crusher of foes (epithet)
• अरिमर्दन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिमर्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Droṇa
• Karṇa
• Brahmāstra