Shloka 5

Somadatta’s Kṣātra-Dharma Accusation; Night Combat, Māyā, and the Fall of Ghaṭotkaca

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131

Devanagari script

क्ुद्धस्य भीमसेनस्य मम पुत्रान्‌ जिघांसतः । दुर्योधनहिते युक्ता: समतिष्ठन्त केडग्रत:,क्रोधमें भरकर मेरे पुत्रोंका वध करनेकी इच्छावाले भीमसेनके आगे दुर्योधनके हितमें तत्पर रहनेवाले कौन-कौन योद्धा खड़े हो सके?

Transliteration

krodhasya bhīmasenasya mama putrān jighāṃsataḥ | duryodhana-hite yuktāḥ samatiṣṭhanta ke 'grataḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “When Bhīmasena, inflamed with wrath and intent on slaying my sons, advanced—who were the warriors that could stand firm before him, devoted to Duryodhana’s cause?”

Word by Word

• क्रुद्धस्य: of the enraged
• क्रुद्धस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जिघांसतः: of (him) wishing to kill
• जिघांसतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिघांसत् (√हन्, desiderative जिघांस-)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुर्योधनहिते: in/for Duryodhana's welfare
• दुर्योधनहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन-हित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युक्ताः: engaged, intent
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (√युज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समतिष्ठन्त: stood (firm), took position
• समतिष्ठन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्था
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural

• के: who (which persons)
• के: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अग्रतः: in front, before
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः
• Form: true

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (the Kauravas)