Shloka 12

Chapter 49: Sañjaya’s Enumeration of the Pāṇḍava Coalition (पाण्डवसैन्यसमागम-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

संजयो<यं महाराज मूर्च्छित: पतितो भुवि । वाचं न सृजते कांचिद्धीनप्रज्ञोडल्पचेतन:

Transliteration

sañjayo 'yaṃ mahārāja mūrcchitaḥ patito bhuvi | vācaṃ na sṛjate kāṃcid dhīnaprajño 'lpa-cetanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O great king, this Sañjaya has fainted and fallen to the ground. He utters no words at all—his understanding dulled and his consciousness reduced—overwhelmed by what he has witnessed and must report.”

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मूर्च्छितः: fainted, unconscious
• मूर्च्छितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुवि: on the ground
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वाचम्: speech, words
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सृजते: utters, produces
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• काञ्चित्: any (at all)
• काञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धीनप्रज्ञः: one whose understanding is impaired
• धीनप्रज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीनप्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अल्पचेतनः: of little consciousness, scarcely conscious
• अल्पचेतनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पचेतन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)