Shloka 17
नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च
Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault
Devanagari script
त॑ विसंज्ञ निपतितं दृष्टवा श्यालं तवानघ
Transliteration
taṁ visaṁjñaṁ nipatitaṁ dṛṣṭvā śyālaṁ tavānagha
Translation
Sañjaya dit : «Ô toi sans faute, voyant ton beau-frère gisant, tombé et sans connaissance…»
Word by Word
तम्him/that (person)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विसंज्ञम्unconscious, senseless
विसंज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविसंज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
निपतितम्fallen down
निपतितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-पत्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
श्यालम्brother-in-law
श्यालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्याल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
अनघO blameless one
अनघ:
TypeNoun
Rootअनघ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaT
the addressee (anagha)T
the addressee’s brother-in-law (śyāla)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line foregrounds the human cost of war: even amid martial duty, the sight of a close relative lying unconscious confronts the observer with grief, kinship obligations, and the ethical weight of violence.
Sañjaya narrates to the blameless addressee that, upon seeing the addressee’s brother-in-law fallen and unconscious on the battlefield, the next reaction or ensuing events are about to be described.