Shloka 85

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

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

Devanagari script

गदा हेमाड्दा राजंस्तूर्ण हैडिम्बिसूनुना

Transliteration

gadā hemāḍḍā rājaṁs tūrṇaṁ haiḍimbisūnunā

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, the golden mace was swiftly hurled by the son of Hiḍimbā.”

Word by Word

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हेमाड्या: golden / made of gold
• हेमाड्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमाड्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• हैडिम्बिसूनुना: by the son of Hiḍimbī (Ghaṭotkaca)
• हैडिम्बिसूनुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैडिम्बि-सूनु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

सयजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• Ghaṭotkaca (Haiḍimbisūnu)
• gadā (mace)