Shloka 33

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

तत:ः प्रायान्महाराज माधवो भगवान्‌ रथी

Transliteration

tataḥ prāyān mahārāja mādhavo bhagavān rathī

Translation

Then, O great king, Mādhava—the revered Lord and a master charioteer—set forth, moving the action onward with purposeful resolve amid the pressures of war and duty.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• प्रायात्: departed; set out
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (प्र-या)
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

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

• माधवः: Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• रथी: the charioteer; chariot-warrior
• रथी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (Janamejaya, implied addressee)
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• ratha (chariot, implied by rathī)