Shloka 1

Devanagari script

संजय कहते हैं--राजन! राक्षस अलायुधका वध करके घटोत्कच मन-ही-मन बड़ा प्रसन्न हुआ और वह आपकी सेनाके सामने खड़ा हो नाना प्रकारसे सिंहनाद करने लगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca—rājan! rākṣasam alāyudham vadhaṃ kṛtvā ghaṭotkacaḥ manasi mahān prasannaḥ abhavat, sa ca tava senāyāḥ purataḥ sthitvā nānāprakāraiḥ siṃhanādān akarot.

Translation

Sanjaya said: O King, after slaying the rākṣasa Alāyudha, Ghaṭotkaca became greatly pleased within himself. Standing before your army, he roared in many ways like a lion—exulting in victory and striking fear into the opposing ranks amid the moral chaos of war.

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• अलायुधम्: Alayudha
• अलायुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलायुध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राक्षसम्: the demon
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वधम्: slaying
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done (having slain)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• घटोत्कचः: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनसा: with (his) mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रसन्नः: pleased, delighted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सेनायाः: of the army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः

• स्थितः: standing
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाना: various
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• प्रकारैः: by ways, in manners
• प्रकारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सिंहनादम्: lion-roar
• सिंहनादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: made, uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Alāyudha
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Kaurava army