Shloka 28

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

उल्मुको निशठश्वैव झिल्ली बश्रुश्न वीर्यवान्‌ पृथुश्न विपृथुश्नमेव शमीको5थारिमेजय:

Transliteration

ulmuko niṣaṭhaś caiva jhillī baśruśna vīryavān | pṛthuśna vipṛthuśnaṃ caiva śamīko ’thārimejayaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Ulmuka, Niṣaṭha, and also Jhillī; Baśruśna the mighty; Pṛthuśna and Vipṛthuśna; and then Śamīka and Arimejaya—these (persons) are being enumerated in sequence, as part of the genealogical and narrative record that frames the unfolding events of the war.

Word by Word

उल्मुकःUlmuka (proper name)

निशठःNishaṭha (proper name)

श्वःŚva (proper name; lit. 'dog')

एवindeed/also

झिल्लीJhिल्लī (proper name)

बश्रुश्नःBaśruśna (proper name)

वीर्यवान्mighty/valorous

पृथुश्नःPṛthuśna (proper name)

विपृथुश्नःVipṛthuśna (proper name)

एवalso/indeed

शमीकःŚamīka (proper name)

अथthen/and

अरिमेजयःArimejaya (proper name; lit. 'conqueror of enemies')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ulmuka

Niṣaṭha

Jhillī

Baśruśna

Pṛthuśna

Vipṛthuśna

Śamīka

Arimejaya

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes