Shloka 4
द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā
Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata
Devanagari script
कथं च युद्ध सम्भूतं तयो: प्राणदुरोदरे । अत्र मन्ये समायत्तो जयो वाजय एव च,उन दोनोंमें प्राणोंकी बाजी लगाकर किस प्रकार युद्ध हुआ? मैं समझता हूँ कि यहीं उभय पक्षकी जय अथवा विजय निर्भर है
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca | kathaṃ ca yuddha-sambhūtaṃ tayoḥ prāṇa-durodare | atra manye samāyatto jayo vā jaya eva ca ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: “And how did the battle arise between those two, when their very lives were staked in a perilous contest? In my judgment, it is here that the outcome is decided—whether victory will belong to one side or the other.”
Word by Word
कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
युद्धम्battle, fighting
युद्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
सम्भूतम्arisen, occurred
सम्भूतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-भू
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormCommon, Genitive, Dual
प्राण-दुरोदरेwhen the stake is life (lit. in the two with life as the hard stake)
प्राण-दुरोदरे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राणदुरोदर
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Dual
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
मन्येI think, I consider
मन्ये:
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular, Ātmanepada
समायत्तःdependent, resting upon
समायत्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-यम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
जयःvictory
जयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
जयःvictory
जयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes