Shloka 28

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

Book 7, Chapter 132

Devanagari script

पाश्वें भित्त्वा चमूं वीरौ प्रविष्टो तव वाहिनीम्‌ | पाश्वेन सैन्यमायान्तौ कुरुराजो ददर्श ह,अब वे दोनों वीर पार्श्चधागसे आपकी सेनाका भेदन करके उसके भीतर घुस गये। पार््वभागसे सेनाके भीतर आते हुए उन दोनों वीरोंको कुरुराज दुर्योधनने देखा

Transliteration

pārśve bhittvā camūṃ vīrau praviṣṭo tava vāhinīm | pārśvena sainyam āyāntau kururājo dadarśa ha ||

Translation

Drona said: “Having broken through the flank of the battle-array, the two heroes forced their way into your host. As they advanced within the army from the side, the Kuru king Duryodhana saw those two warriors.”

Word by Word

• पार्श्वे: at/on the flank, on the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भित्त्वा: having pierced/broken through
• भित्त्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• चमूम्: the army (battle-array)
• चमूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरौ: two heroes
• वीरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• प्रविष्टौ: having entered / entered
• प्रविष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• वाहिनीम्: army, host
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्श्वेन: by/through the flank, from the side
• पार्श्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सैन्यम्: the army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आयान्तौ: coming, approaching
• आयान्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• कुरुराजः: the king of the Kurus (Duryodhana)
• कुरुराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Duryodhana (Kururāja)
• two unnamed vīras (two warriors)
• Kuru army (vāhinī/sainya/camū)