Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

यः प्रमाणं महाराज धर्मे धर्मभूतां वर: । अजातशशत्रुणा तेन पाण्डवा अभ्ययुञज्जत

Transliteration

yaḥ pramāṇaṃ mahārāja dharme dharmabhūtāṃ varaḥ | ajātaśatrunā tena pāṇḍavā abhyayuñjjata

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O great king, he who was the very standard of righteousness, the foremost among the righteous—by that Ajātaśatru the Pāṇḍavas were urged on (to act), taking dharma itself as their measure.”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमाणम्: authority, standard
• प्रमाणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मे: in dharma, in righteousness
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्मभूताम्: having become (embodiment of) dharma
• धर्मभूताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वरः: the best, excellent one
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजातशत्रुणा: by (him) who has no born enemies; by Yudhiṣṭhira
• अजातशत्रुणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजातशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तेन: by him, by that (one)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्ययुञ्जत: they appointed/engaged (him), they employed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-युज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)
• Ajātaśatru
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dharma