Shloka 276

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

Devanagari script

विशेषतो नरपतेर्विषम: प्रतिभाति मे | उस महासमरमें बहुत-से योद्धाओंके साथ किसी एक वीरका विशेषतः राजा दुर्योधनका युद्ध करना तो मुझे विषम (अयोग्य) प्रतीत हो रहा है

Transliteration

viśeṣato narapater viṣamaḥ pratibhāti me | asmin mahāsamare bahubhir yoddhaiḥ sahaikasya vīrasya viśeṣataḥ rājā duryodhanasya yuddhaṃ kartum iti me viṣamam (ayogyam) pratibhāti |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, it appears improper to me—especially in this great battle—that one hero should have to fight together against many warriors; and most of all, that King Duryodhana should be made to fight in such an unequal manner. Such a contest seems unworthy and unjust to me.”

Word by Word

• विशेषतः: especially, particularly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस्

• नरपतेः: of the king
• नरपतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषमः: uneven; improper; difficult
• विषमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिभाति: appears, seems
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√भा
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Duryodhana
• the king (Dhritarashtra implied)
• Mahāsamara (the great war/battle)