Shloka 13

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 109 — Karṇa–Bhīma Yuddha and Durmukha’s Fall (कर्णभीमयुद्धम्; दुर्मुखवधः)

Devanagari script

तद्‌ युद्धमासीत तुमुल प्रेक्षणीयं विशाम्पते । सिद्धचारणसंघानां विस्मयाद्धुतदर्शनम्‌,प्रजानाथ! उनका वह घमासान युद्ध देखने ही योग्य था। वह सिद्धों और चारणसमूहोंको भी आश्चर्यजनक एवं अद्भुत दिखायी देता था

Transliteration

tad yuddham āsīt tumulaṃ prekṣaṇīyaṃ viśāṃpate | siddhacāraṇasaṃghānāṃ vismayād dhutadarśanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of the people, that battle became a thunderous, tumultuous spectacle—fit to be witnessed. Even to the assembled hosts of Siddhas and Cāraṇas it appeared astonishing, their gaze shaken with wonder at the extraordinary sight.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धम्: battle, war
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तुमुलम्: tumultuous, fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेक्षणीयम्: worth seeing, to be beheld
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेक्षणीय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people, of the subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सिद्धचारणसंघानाम्: of the hosts of Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-चारण-संघ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विस्मयात्: from astonishment
• विस्मयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अद्भुतदर्शनम्: having wondrous appearance; wonderful to behold
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत-दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजानाथ: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा-नाथ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• the battle (Kurukṣetra war context)