Shloka 7

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

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131

Devanagari script

काल्यमानांस्तु पुत्रान्‌ मे दृष्टवा भीमेन संयुगे । कालेनेव प्रजा: सर्वा: के भीम॑ पर्यवारयन्‌,जैसे काल समस्त प्रजाको अपना ग्रास बना लेता है, उसी प्रकार युद्धस्थलमें भीमसेनके द्वारा मेरे पुत्रोंकोी कालके गालमें जाते देख किन वीरोंने आगे बढ़कर भीमसेनको रोका?

Word by Word

• काल्यमानान्: being seized/consumed (by Time)
• काल्यमानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल्यमान (√कल्/√काल्? caus./pass. participle; here as 'being made prey of Time')
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —, —, —

• भीमेन: by Bhima
• भीमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कालेन: by Time/Death
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्रजाः: creatures/people
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यवारयन्: stopped/warded off/surrounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √वृ (caus. √वारय्/√वृ?; here 'to ward off/stop')
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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