Shloka 31
Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda
Disclosure and Consolation
Devanagari script
ततस्तत् पाण्डवं सैन्यं प्रसुप्तं शिबिरे निशि । निहतं द्रोणपुत्रेण पितुर्वधममृष्यता
Translation
Ensuite, durant la nuit, tandis que l’armée des Pāṇḍava dormait sans crainte dans le camp, elle fut massacrée par le fils de Droṇa, Aśvatthāmā, qui ne pouvait supporter la mort de son père.
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
तत्that (emphatic/connecting particle)
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
पाण्डवम्Pāṇḍava (belonging to the Pāṇḍavas)
पाण्डवम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपाण्डव
Formneuter, nominative, singular
सैन्यम्army
सैन्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसैन्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
प्रसुप्तम्asleep
प्रसुप्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-स्वप् (क्त)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
शिबिरेin the camp
शिबिरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशिबिर
Formneuter, locative, singular
निशिat night
निशि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा
Formfeminine, locative, singular
निहतम्slain, killed
निहतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-हन् (क्त)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
द्रोणपुत्रेणby Droṇa's son (Aśvatthāman)
द्रोणपुत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोणपुत्र
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
वधम्killing, slaughter
वधम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवध
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अमृष्यताdid not endure, could not bear
अमृष्यता:
TypeVerb
Rootमृष् (अ + मृष्), लङ्
Formimperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular
Speaker
वासुदेव उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes