Shloka 10

द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः

Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array

Devanagari script

बद्ध्वा च भ्रुकुटिं वक्रे क्रोधस्य प्रतिलक्षणम्‌ । देवदत्तं महाशड्खं पूरयामास पाण्डव:

Transliteration

baddhvā ca bhru-kuṭiṁ vakre krodhasya pratilakṣaṇam | devadattaṁ mahāśaṅkhaṁ pūrayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With his brows knit into a crooked frown—the unmistakable sign of rising wrath—the Pāṇḍava filled the great conch Devadatta with a resounding blast. In the moral atmosphere of the war, this outward gesture signals an inner resolve: anger is present, yet it is being harnessed into disciplined action within the demands of battle and duty.

Word by Word

• बद्ध्वा: having bound/contracted
• बद्ध्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

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

• भ्रुकुटिम्: the frown (knitting of the brows)
• भ्रुकुटिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रुकुटि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वक्रे: on/at the face (lit. in the crooked/curved [brow/face])
• वक्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• क्रोधस्य: of anger
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रतिलक्षणम्: a sign/mark (indicative feature)
• प्रतिलक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिलक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवदत्तम्: Devadatta (name of the conch)
• देवदत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाशङ्खम्: the great conch
• महाशङ्खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूरयामास: filled; blew (the conch)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, परस्मैपद, कर्तरि

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• Devadatta (conch)