Shloka 10

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

ये सम वारणशब्देन हयानां ह्ेषितेन च

Transliteration

ye sama vāraṇaśabdena hayānāṁ hreṣitena ca

Translation

Those who, amid the tumult, were stirred by the trumpeting of elephants and the neighing of horses—sounds that signal the gathering force and intent of armies—moved in response to the rising momentum toward conflict.

Word by Word

• ये: who/which (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्: together; completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• वारण-शब्देन: by/with the sound of elephants
• वारण-शब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण + शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हयानाम्: of horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हेषितेन: by/with the neighing
• हेषितेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेषित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• vāraṇa (war-elephants)
• haya (horses)