Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

विराटद्रुपदौ षड़भि: शतेन च शिखण्डिनम्‌

Transliteration

virāṭa-drupadau ṣaḍbhiḥ śatena ca śikhaṇḍinam

Translation

Sañjaya said: Virāṭa and Drupada, together with six hundred others, surrounded and pressed upon Śikhaṇḍin in the thick of battle—an image of the war’s relentless momentum, where even renowned allies become targets amid the ethical strain of massed violence.

Word by Word

• विराटद्रुपदौ: Virāṭa and Drupada (as objects)
• विराटद्रुपदौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट + द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• षड्भिः: with six
• षड्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शतेन: with a hundred
• शतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शिखण्डिनम्: Śikhaṇḍin (as object)
• शिखण्डिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Virāṭa
• Drupada
• Śikhaṇḍin