Shloka 25

Devanagari script

क एष कौरवान्‌ दीर्णानवस्थाप्य महारथ:

Transliteration

ka eṣa kauravān dīrṇān avasthāpya mahārathaḥ

Translation

युधिष्ठिर बोले—“यह कौन-सा महारथी है, जो बिखरे हुए कौरवों को रोककर फिर से स्थिर कर रहा है?”

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरवान्: the Kauravas
• कौरवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दीर्णान्: shattered, torn, broken
• दीर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवस्थाप्य: having set/placed, having stationed
• अवस्थाप्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral (gerund)

• महारथः: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kauravas
• mahāratha (great chariot-warrior)