Shloka 85

Droṇa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna-yuddha (द्रोण-धृष्टद्युम्न-युद्धम्) — Tactical duel and allied interventions

Devanagari script

तत्र देवर्षय: सिद्धाश्चारणाश्न समागता: । प्रैक्षनत तद्‌ रणं घोरं देवासुरसमं भुवि,वहाँ आये हुए देवर्षियों, सिद्धों तथा चारणोंने भूतलपर होनेवाले उस युद्धको देवासुर- संग्रामके समान भयंकर देखा

Transliteration

tatra devarṣayaḥ siddhāś cāraṇāś ca samāgatāḥ | praiṣkṣanta tad raṇaṃ ghoraṃ devāsura-samaṃ bhuvi ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Allí se congregaron los devarṣis, los siddhas y los cāraṇas, y contemplaron sobre la tierra aquella batalla espantosa—terrible como la antigua guerra entre dioses y asuras.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• देवर्षयः: divine seers
• देवर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिद्धाः: Siddhas (perfected beings)
• सिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चारणाः: Cāraṇas (celestial bards)
• चारणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागताः: having assembled / arrived
• समागताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रैक्षन्त: they beheld / saw
• प्रैक्षन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रणम्: battle
• रणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवासुरसमम्: like (the war) of Devas and Asuras
• देवासुरसमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवासुरसम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भुवि: on the earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Devarṣis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Earth (Bhūmi)
• Devāsuras (gods and demons, as a comparison)