Shloka 96
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १२५: दुर्योधनस्य प्रत्युत्तरम्
Duryodhana’s Reply in the Kuru Assembly
Devanagari script
गार्ध्रपत्रा: पतन्त्युग्रास्तावच्छाम्यतु वैशसम् । “जबतक इन भूमिपालोंके सुकुमार शरीरोंपर गीधकी पाँखोंसे युक्त भयंकर बाण नहीं गिर रहे हैं, तभीतक युद्धका संकल्प शान्त हो जाय
Transliteration
gārdhrapatrāḥ patanty ugrās tāvac chāmyatu vaiśasam |
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: “Let the resolve for slaughter be calmed—at least until those dreadful arrows, feathered with vulture-plumes, begin to fall upon the tender bodies of these kings. While such violence has not yet commenced, let restraint prevail.”
Word by Word
गार्ध्रपत्राःhaving vulture-feathers (fletched with vulture feathers)
गार्ध्रपत्राः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगार्ध्रपत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पतन्तिfall, descend
पतन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
उग्राःfierce, terrible
उग्राः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तावत्so long, until then
तावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत्
शाम्यतुlet it be pacified/cease
शाम्यतु:
TypeVerb
Rootशम्
FormImperative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वैशसम्slaughter, carnage, violence
वैशसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैशस
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaB
bhūmipālāḥ (kings)G
gārdhrapatrāḥ (vulture-feathered arrows)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes