Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ध्ृतराष्ट्र ववाच तस्मिन्नन्तहिते तूर्ण कूटयोधिनि राक्षसे । मामकै: प्रतिपन्नं यत्‌ तन्‍्ममाचक्ष्व संजय,धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--संजय! बताओ, माया-युद्ध करनेवाले उस राक्षसके तत्काल अदृश्य हो जानेपर मेरे पुत्रोंने क्या सोचा और क्या किया?

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | tasminn antahite tūrṇaṁ kūṭa-yodhini rākṣase | māmakaiḥ pratipannaṁ yat tan mamācakṣva sañjaya ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “When that rākṣasa—swiftly vanishing from sight and fighting by deceitful illusion—disappeared, tell me, Sañjaya, what my sons understood and resolved, and what they then did.”

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्हिते: having disappeared; hidden
• अन्तर्हिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly; suddenly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• कूटयोधिनि: in the deceitful fighter; one who fights by trickery
• कूटयोधिनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कूटयोधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राक्षसे: in/when the rākṣasa (demon)
• राक्षसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मामकैः: by my people; by my sons/side
• मामकैः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रतिपन्नम्: resolved/undertaken; thought/decided
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिपन्न
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: what; that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: to me; of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell; relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Atmanepada

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• संजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• rākṣasa (unnamed)