Shloka 18

Somadatta–Sātyaki Engagement; Bhīma’s Interventions; Droṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira Astra Exchange

Book 7, Chapter 132

Devanagari script

यान्‌ सम तान्‌ ग्लहते घोरान्‌ शकुनि: कुरुसंसदि

Transliteration

yān sama tān glahate ghorān śakuniḥ kurusaṁsadi

Translation

Droṇa said: “Those very men who are equal (in strength and standing), Śakuni, in the Kuru assembly, challenges to dreadful games of dice.”

Word by Word

• यान्: whom/which (those)
• यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सम्: together; completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ग्लहते: stakes; gambles
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्लह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• घोरान्: terrible; dreadful
• घोरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरु-संसदि: in the Kuru assembly
• कुरु-संसदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + संसद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Śakuni
• Kuru assembly (Kurusaṁsad)