Shloka 21

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच एवमुक्त्वार्जुनो बाणमभिमन्त्रय व्यकर्षयत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca evam uktvārjuno bāṇam abhimantrya vyakarṣayat

Translation

संजय बोले— ऐसा कहकर अर्जुन ने मंत्र से अपने बाण को अभिमंत्रित किया और उसे खींचकर (प्रहार हेतु) तैयार किया।

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), क्त्वा

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्त्रय: having enchanted/consecrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-मन्त्रय्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप् (य), abhi-mantrayitvā/abhi-mantrya: 'having consecrated/enchanted'

• व्यकर्षयत्: drew (back)/pulled
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-कृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• arrow (bāṇa)
• mantra (implied by abhimantrya)