Shloka 20

Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ

After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana

Devanagari script

चेकितानस्तु वार्ष्णेयो गौतमं रथिनां वरम्‌ | प्रेक्षतां सर्वसैन्यानां छादयामास सायकै:,उधर वृष्णिवंशी चेकितानने रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ कृपाचार्यको सब सेनाओंके देखते-देखते अपने सायकोंसे आच्छादित कर दिया

Transliteration

cekitānas tu vārṣṇeyo gautamaṁ rathināṁ varam | prekṣatāṁ sarvasainyānāṁ chādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Cekitāna of the Vṛṣṇi line, before the eyes of all the armies, covered the Gautama—Kṛpācārya, foremost among chariot-warriors—with a shower of arrows. The scene underscores how, in the war’s relentless code, even revered elders and teachers become targets when they stand as combatants on the field.

Word by Word

• चेकितानः: Chekitana
• चेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वार्ष्णेयः: Vrishni-descended (Yadava)
• वार्ष्णेयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गौतमम्: Gautama (Kripa)
• गौतमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथिनाम्: of chariot-warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: best/excellent
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेक्षताम्: of those watching
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेक्ष्
• Form: Shatr (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter (contextual), Genitive, Plural

• सर्वसैन्यानाम्: of all the armies
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• छादयामास: covered/veiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्
• Form: Lit (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cekitāna
• Vṛṣṇi (clan)
• Gautama (Kṛpācārya/Kṛpa)
• ratha (chariot)
• sāyaka (arrows)