Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तिष्ठतो युगपालीषु शोणानप्यधितिष्ठत: । नापश्यदन्तरं द्रोणस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्‌

Transliteration

tiṣṭhato yugapālīṣu śoṇān apy adhitiṣṭhataḥ | nāpaśyad antaraṃ droṇas tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Even while they stood firm in their battle-formations, and even as the blood-red carnage surged all around, Droṇa could find no opening at all. It seemed truly wondrous—an extraordinary moment in the moral drama of war, where steadfast discipline and resolve momentarily checked even a master of arms.

Word by Word

• तिष्ठतः: while (two) were standing / as the two stood
• तिष्ठतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), 3rd, dual

• युगपालीषु: on/among the yoke-pins (yoke-fasteners)
• युगपालीषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगपाली
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• शोणान्: red (ones)
• शोणान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अधितिष्ठतः: the two were standing upon / were mounted
• अधितिष्ठतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), 3rd, dual

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्य)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3rd, Singular

• अन्तरम्: a gap/interval/opening
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful/marvellous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa