Shloka 137

वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च

The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

ततो घटोत्कच: क्रुद्धो रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम्‌ | द्रौ्णिं हतेति महतीं चोदयामास तां चमूम्‌,तब घटोत्कचने कुपित हो भयानक कर्म करनेवाले राक्षसोंकी उस विशाल सेनाको आदेश दिया, “अरे! अश्वत्थामाको मार डालो”

Transliteration

tato ghaṭotkacaḥ kruddho rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām | drauṇiṃ hateti mahatīṃ codayāmāsa tāṃ camūm |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Ghaṭotkaca, inflamed with wrath, urged on that vast host of fearsome-acting Rākṣasas, crying, “Slay Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)!” In the heat of battle, his command reflects the war-ethic of eliminating a formidable enemy commander, even as it intensifies the cycle of violence driving the conflict.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

घटोत्कचःGhaṭotkaca

क्रुद्धःangry

रक्षसाम्of the rākṣasas

भीमकर्मणाम्of (those) of terrible deeds

द्रौणिम्Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)

हतslain / (to be) slain

इतिthus

महतīmgreat, huge

चमूम्army

चोदयामासurged, commanded, incited

ताम्that (army)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ghaṭotkaca

Rākṣasas

Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes