Shloka 38

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्वापि विरथ: क॑ समारूढवान्‌ रथम्‌ | चक्ररक्षौ च पाउ्चाल्यौ तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय,संजय! सात्यकि भी तो रथहीन हो चुके थे। वे किस रथपर आरूढ़ हुए तथा चक्ररक्षक युधामन्यु और उत्तमौजा इन दोनों पांचाल वीरोंने किसके साथ युद्ध किया? यह सब मुझे बताओ

Transliteration

sātyakiś cāpi virathaḥ kaṃ samārūḍhavān ratham | cakrarakṣau ca pāñcālyau tan mamācakṣva sañjaya sañjaya ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sātyaki too had been left without a chariot—upon whose chariot did he then mount? And the two Pāñcāla heroes who served as wheel-guards, Yudhāmanyu and Uttamaujā—alongside whom did they fight? Tell me all this, Sañjaya.”

Word by Word

सात्यकिःSātyaki

चand

अपिalso/even

विरथःwithout a chariot (chariotless)

कःwhich?/who?

समारूढवान्having mounted/ascended

रथम्chariot

चक्ररक्षौthe two wheel-guards (protectors of the chariot-wheels)

चand

पाञ्चाल्यौthe two Pāñcāla warriors

तत्that (matter)

ममto me/of me

आचक्ष्वtell/declare

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

Yudhāmanyu

Uttamaujā

Pāñcāla

chariot

wheel-guards

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes