Shloka 20

जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः

Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight

Devanagari script

भद्रान्‌ रोहितकांश्वैव आग्रेयान्‌ मालवानपि । गणान्‌ सर्वान्‌ विनिर्जित्य नीतिकृत्‌ प्रहसन्निव

Transliteration

bhadrān rohitakāṁś caiva āgreyān mālavān api | gaṇān sarvān vinirjitya nītikṛt prahasann iva ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having subdued all those bands—Bhadrāns, Rohitakas, the Āgreyas, and the Mālavas—he, a maker of policy and order, seemed almost to smile, as if victory and governance were to him a matter of disciplined strategy rather than mere force.

Word by Word

• भद्रान्: the Bhadras (people/tribe)
• भद्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रोहितकान्: the Rohitakas (people/tribe)
• रोहितकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहितक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आग्रेयान्: the Agrēyas (people/tribe)
• आग्रेयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आग्रेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मालवान्: the Malavas (people/tribe)
• मालवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• गणान्: groups/hosts
• गणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• विनिर्जित्य: having completely conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-√जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• नीतिकृत्: the policy-maker/one skilled in polity
• नीतिकृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीति-कृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing/smiling
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhadras (Bhadrān)
• Rohitakas
• Āgreyas
• Mālavas
• gaṇāḥ (bands/troops/clans)