Shloka 21

Jayadrathasya varaprāptiḥ (जयद्रथस्य वरप्राप्तिः) — Jayadratha’s boon and the restraint of the Pāṇḍava advance

Devanagari script

वध्यतां राजपुत्राणां क्रन्दतामितरेतरम्‌ । प्रादुरासीन्महाशब्दो भीरूणां भयवर्धन:,बाणोंकी चोट खाकर परस्पर क्रन्दन करते हुए राजकुमारोंका महान्‌ शब्द सुनायी पड़ता था, जो कायरोंका भय बढ़ानेवाला था

Transliteration

vadhyatāṁ rājaputrāṇāṁ krandatām itaretaram | prādurāsīn mahāśabdo bhīrūṇāṁ bhayavardhanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Ketika para pangeran ditebas dan, tertusuk panah, saling berseru dalam ratap, muncullah kegaduhan besar—yang justru menambah gentar hati para pengecut.”

Word by Word

• वध्यताम्: let (them) be slain / should be killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Lot, Atmanepada, 3, Plural, Karmani (passive), Imperative/benedictive sense (injunctive command)

• राजपुत्राणाम्: of the princes (king’s sons)
• राजपुत्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्रन्दताम्: of (those) crying/lameting
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter (contextual), Genitive, Plural

• इतरेतरम्: mutually / one another
• इतरेतरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतरेतर

• प्रादुरासीत्: appeared / arose / became manifest
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रादुर् + अस्
• Form: Lan, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular, Imperfect

• महाशब्दः: a great noise/cry
• महाशब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीरूणाम्: of the timid/cowards
• भीरूणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भयवर्धनः: fear-increasing
• भयवर्धनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयवर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājaputrāḥ (princes)