Shloka 16

रात्रौ युद्धप्रवृत्तिः — Night Battle Begins; Duryodhana’s Protective Orders for Droṇa

Droṇa-parva 139

Devanagari script

कुरुपाण्डवप्रवरा दश राजन्‌ महारथा: । साधु साध्विति वेगेन सिंहनादमथानदन्‌

Transliteration

kurupāṇḍavapravarā daśa rājan mahārathāḥ | sādhu sādhv iti vegena siṃhanādam athānanadan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, ten foremost great chariot-warriors among the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, crying “Well done! Well done!” in a surge of ardor, then raised a lion-like roar—an exultant acclaim that both praises valor and steels the will amid the moral strain of war.

Word by Word

• कुरु-पाण्डव-प्रवराः: the foremost among the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas
• कुरु-पाण्डव-प्रवराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (कुरु, पाण्डव)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महा-रथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महा-रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (महा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधु: well! bravo!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• साधु: well! bravo!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वेगेन: with speed/impetuosity
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सिंह-नादम्: a lion-roar
• सिंह-नादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद (सिंह)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अनदन्: they roared/sounded
• अनदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• Kurus
• Pāṇḍavas
• mahārathas (ten great chariot-warriors)