Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

धृष्टकेतुं तथा5<यान्तं द्रोणहेतो: पराक्रमी । वीरधन्वा महेष्वासो वारयामास भारत,भारत! इसी प्रकार द्रोणाचार्यके हितके लिये महाधनुर्धर पराक्रमी वीरधन्वाने वहाँ आते हुए धृष्टकेतुको रोका

Transliteration

Dhṛṣṭaketuṁ tathāyāntaṁ droṇa-hetoḥ parākramī | vīra-dhanvā maheṣvāso vārayāmāsa bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Then, as Dhṛṣṭaketu advanced, the mighty archer Vīradhānvā—acting for Droṇa’s sake—checked and held him back, O Bhārata.”

Word by Word

• धृष्टकेतुम्: Dhṛṣṭaketu
• धृष्टकेतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टकेतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आयान्तम्: coming, approaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• द्रोणहेतोः: for Drona's sake / for the cause of Drona
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण-हेतु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पराक्रमी: valiant, mighty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरधन्वा: Vīradhanvas (the hero with a bow)
• वीरधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेष्वासः: great archer
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वारयामास: checked, restrained, stopped
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (णिच्) / वृ
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭaketu
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Vīradhānvā
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)