Shloka 2

Duryodhana-vadha-pratikriyā: Harṣa, Nindā, and Kṛṣṇa’s Nīti-vyākhyā (Śalya-parva 60)

Devanagari script

गदायुद्धविशेषज्ञो गदायुद्धविशारद: । कृतवान्‌ रौहिणेयो यत्‌ तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय,संजय! गदायुद्धके विशेषज्ञ तथा उसकी कलामें कुशल रोहिणीनन्दन बलरामजीने वहाँ जो कुछ किया हो, वह मुझे बताओ

Transliteration

gadāyuddhaviśeṣajño gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ | kṛtavān rauhiṇeyo yat tan mamācakṣva sañjaya ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra dijo: «Oh Sañjaya, dime qué hizo allí Rauhiṇeya Balarāma, experto y consumado maestro del combate con maza (gadā).»

Word by Word

• गदायुद्धविशेषज्ञः: expert in mace-fighting
• गदायुद्धविशेषज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदायुद्धविशेषज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गदायुद्धविशारदः: skilled/proficient in mace-fighting
• गदायुद्धविशारदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदायुद्धविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतवान्: did / performed
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), Third, Singular

• रौहिणेयः: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma, son of Rohiṇī)
• रौहिणेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौहिणेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• मम: to me / of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell / relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma)
• gadā (mace)
• gadāyuddha (mace-duel)