Shloka 17

Devanagari script

भारद्वाजं जिघांसन्तौ सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ । समार्च्छन्‌ मामका युद्धे कं संजय शंस मे,संजय! द्रोणाचार्यको मार डालनेकी इच्छावाले अर्जुन और भीमसेनपर युद्धस्थलमें मेरे सैनिकोंने किस प्रकार आक्रमण किया? यह मुझे बताओ

Transliteration

bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsantau savyasācī-vṛkodarau | samārcchan māmākā yuddhe kaṃ saṃjaya śaṃsa me, saṃjaya ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “When Arjuna (the ambidextrous archer) and Bhīma (the wolf-bellied), intent on slaying Bhāradvāja’s son Droṇa, advanced in battle, how did my warriors assail them? Tell me, Sañjaya.”

Word by Word

• भारद्वाजम्: Drona (son of Bharadvaja)
• भारद्वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जिघांसन्तौ: wishing to kill
• जिघांसन्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: San (desiderative) + शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सव्यसाचि-वृकोदरौ: Arjuna and Bhima
• सव्यसाचि-वृकोदरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्; वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• समार्च्छन्: attacked / rushed upon
• समार्च्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + ऋच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मामकाः: my men (Kaurava troops)
• मामकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मामक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कम्: whom? / which one?
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• शंस: tell / relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

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

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Savyasācī)
• Bhīma (Vṛkodara)
• Droṇācārya (Bhāradvāja’s son/lineage)
• Kaurava army (māmākāḥ)