Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सहदेवस्तथेत्यक्त्वा तां दिशं प्रत्यपद्यत । ददर्श च हतं भूमौ भ्रातरं नकुलं तदा,तब सहदेव “बहुत अच्छा” कहकर उसी दिशाकी ओर चल दिये। वहाँ पहुँचकर उन्होंने देखा, भाई नकुल पृथ्वीपर मरे पड़े हैं

Transliteration

sahadevas tathety uktvā tāṃ diśaṃ pratyapadyata | dadarśa ca hataṃ bhūmau bhrātaraṃ nakulaṃ tadā ||

Translation

Sahadeva replied, “So be it,” and set out in that very direction. When he arrived, he saw his brother Nakula lying slain upon the ground.

Word by Word

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Non-finite

• ताम्: that (f.)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अपद्यत: went/advanced (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पद्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्रति,आ

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• हतम्: slain/dead
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भ्रातरम्: brother
• भ्रातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नकुलम्: Nakula
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sahadeva
• Nakula