Shloka 32

द्रोणपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 15): युधिष्ठिर-रक्षा तथा अर्जुनस्य शरवृष्टिः

Devanagari script

ततः स्वरथमारोप्य मद्राणामधिपं रणे । अपोवाह रणात्‌ तूर्ण कृतवर्मा महारथ:,यह देख महारथी कृतवर्मा युद्धस्थलमें मद्रराज शल्यको अपने रथपर बिठाकर तुरंत ही रणभूमिसे बाहर हटा ले गया

Transliteration

tataḥ svaratham āropya madrāṇām adhipaṃ raṇe | apovāha raṇāt tūṛṇaṃ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, in the midst of battle, the great chariot-warrior Kṛtavarmā lifted the lord of the Madras onto his own chariot and swiftly carried him away from the field. The act underscores a warrior’s duty to preserve an ally’s life and fighting capacity when the situation turns perilous, even amid the relentless demands of war.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

• स्वरथम्: his own chariot
• स्वरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-रथ (रथ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आरोप्य: having mounted/placed (upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-न्त), indeclinable

• मद्राणाम्: of the Madras
• मद्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्र (जनपद/जाति-नाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अधिपम्: the lord/king
• अधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप (अधि+पा)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अपोवाह: carried away, removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-वाह्
• Form: Aorist/Perfect-like narrative past (लिट्/लुङ् usage in epic), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणात्: from the battle
• रणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: swiftly, quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• कृतवर्मा: Kṛtavarmā
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-रथ (रथ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śalya (king of Madra)
• Madra (Madrāḥ)
• chariot
• battlefield (raṇa)