Shloka 523

Rātri-yuddhe Droṇasya prahāraḥ — Bhīmasenasya dhārtarāṣṭra-śūrānām nigrahaḥ

Night Battle: Droṇa’s Assault and Bhīma’s Suppression of Dhārtarāṣṭra Warriors

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा सैन्धवर्क संख्ये शममस्मासु धास्यति । 'क्या युद्धमें सिंधुराजको अर्जुनके हाथसे मारा गया देखकर राजा दुर्योधन हमारे साथ संधि कर लेगा?

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā saindhavarkaṃ saṅkhye śamam asmāsu dhāsyati |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Seeing the Saindhava prince struck down in the thick of battle, will King Duryodhana at last lay aside hostility and make peace with us?”

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral), non-finite

• सैन्धवराजम्: the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)
• सैन्धवराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धवराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सङ्ख्ये: in battle
• सङ्ख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्य
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शमम्: peace, truce
• शमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्मासु: with us / among us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Plural

• धास्यति: will place/establish (i.e., will make/enter into)
• धास्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा
• Form: लृट् (simple future), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular, Active

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• Arjuna
• Sindhu (country/people)