Shloka 256

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

अभवत्‌ सर्वभूतानामभावकरणो महान्‌ | भारत! पाण्डव-सैनिकों तथा दुर्योधनका वह भयंकर संग्राम समस्त प्राणियोंके लिये महान्‌ संहारकारी सिद्ध हुआ

Transliteration

abhavat sarvabhūtānām abhāvakaraṇo mahān | bhārata! pāṇḍava-sainikās tathā duryodhanasya sa bhayaṅkaraḥ saṅgrāmaḥ samasta-prāṇināṃ mahān saṃhārakārī siddhaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, that dreadful battle between the Pāṇḍava forces and Duryodhana proved a mighty cause of annihilation for all living beings—an event whose violence overwhelmed the bounds of ordinary warfare and brought widespread destruction.

Word by Word

• अभवत्: became / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• अभावकरणः: a maker of non-existence; destroyer
• अभावकरणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभावकरण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāṇḍava army
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava side (implied)