Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कथं वैषां तदा युद्धे धृतिरासीन्मुमूर्षताम्‌ । शैनेयचरितं दृष्टवा यादृशं सव्यसाचिन:,वे सब-के-सब मरना चाहते थे। उस समय युद्धस्थलमें अर्जुनके समान ही सात्यकिका चरित्र देखकर उनकी कैसी धारणा हुई थी?

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kathaṁ vaiṣāṁ tadā yuddhe dhṛtir āsīn mumūrṣatām | śaineya-caritaṁ dṛṣṭvā yādṛśaṁ savyasācinaḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “How, in that battle, did resolve arise in those men who were ready to die? And when they witnessed the conduct and prowess of Śaineya—so like that of Arjuna (Savyasācin)—what kind of conviction and temper of mind did it produce in them?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• एषाम्: of these (men)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• धृतिः: steadfastness, resolve
• धृतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

• मुमूर्षताम्: of those wishing to die
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुमूर्ष
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• शैनेय-चरितम्: the conduct/deeds of Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• शैनेय-चरितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेयचरित
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• यादृशम्: what kind (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सव्यसाचिनः: of Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Satyaki (Śaineya)
• Arjuna (Savyasācin)
• battlefield (yuddha)