Shloka 35

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

द्रोण उदाच आचक्षध्वं च भीष्माय रूपेण च गुणैश्व माम्‌

Transliteration

droṇa uvāca | ācakṣadhvaṃ ca bhīṣmāya rūpeṇa ca guṇaiś ca mām |

Translation

Droṇa dit : «Décrivez-moi aussi à Bhīṣma — mon apparence extérieure comme mes qualités.»

Word by Word

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• आचक्षध्वम्: tell, describe (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural

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

• भीष्माय: to Bhishma
• भीष्माय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रूपेण: by/with (his) form, appearance
• रूपेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• गुणैः: by/with qualities, virtues
• गुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Bhīṣma