Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

यश्न तान्‌ संगतान्‌ सर्वान्‌ पाण्डवान्‌ वारणावते । दह्तो मोचयामास तेन वस्ते5भ्ययुज्जत

Transliteration

yas tu tān saṅgatān sarvān pāṇḍavān vāraṇāvate | dagdhān mocayāmāsa tena vaste 'bhyayujjata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Yet the very man who at Vāraṇāvata rescued all the Pāṇḍavas when they had been gathered together and set ablaze—against him they now prepare to march.”

Word by Word

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

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• संगतान्: assembled, gathered
• संगतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वारणावते: in Varanavata
• वारणावते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (Proper place-name)
• Root: वारणावत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दग्ध्वा: having burned
• दग्ध्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• मोचयामास: released, set free
• मोचयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वस्ते: you dwell/live
• वस्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Second, Singular

• अभ्ययुज्यत: attacked/assailed, engaged against
• अभ्ययुज्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (अभि-युज्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Vāraṇāvata