Shloka 17

शल्यवधे कौरवसेनाभङ्गः, भीमस्य गदायुद्धं, दुर्योधनस्य समाह्वानम्

Rout after Śalya’s fall; Bhīma’s mace engagement; Duryodhana’s rally

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनश्न तान्‌ वीरान्‌ वारयामास सान्त्वयन्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhanaś ca tān vīrān vārayāmāsa sāntvayan |

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Duryodhana, queriendo afirmar su ánimo, trató de contener a aquellos guerreros y apaciguarlos con palabras conciliadoras: un intento de mantener unido al ejército mediante la persuasión, sin dejar que la ira o la temeridad dictaran la acción.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वीरान्: heroes, warriors
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वारयामास: restrained, held back, stopped
• वारयामास: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वृ/वार् caus.)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), Third, Singular

• सान्त्वयन्: conciliating, soothing, consoling
• सान्त्वयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सान्त्वय् (caus. of √सान्त्व/सान्त्व्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (Present Active Participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• दुर्योधन (Duryodhana)
• वीराः (the warriors/heroes)