Shloka 8

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

नाध्यगच्छत्‌ तदा शान्तिं तावपश्यन्‌ नरोत्तमौ | लोकोपक्रोशभीरुत्वाद्‌ धर्मराजो महामना:

Transliteration

nādhygacchat tadā śāntiṁ tāv apaśyan narottamau | lokopakrośabhīrutvād dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: At that time the high-minded Dharmarāja, fearing the outcry and reproach of the people, could not attain peace of mind while he kept seeing those two best of men before him.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• adhyagacchat: attained / found
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-√gam
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā

• śāntim: peace
• śāntim: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• apaśyan: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, dual, Parasmaipada

• narottamau: the two best of men
• narottamau: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: narottama
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• loka-upakrośa-bhīrutvāt: from fear of the people's outcry
• loka-upakrośa-bhīrutvāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + upakrośa + bhīrutva
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• dharma-rājaḥ: King Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dharma-rājaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharmarāja
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• mahā-manāḥ: great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahāmanas
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• narottamau (two best of men, unnamed here)
• loka (the people/public)