Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हतौजा इव चाप्यासीद्‌ भारद्वाजो महारथ:

Transliteration

hataujā iva cāpy āsīd bhāradvājo mahārathaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The great chariot-warrior Bhāradvāja (Droṇa) appeared as though his strength had been slain—his vigor broken and his spirit struck down amid the moral shock of the battle’s unfolding.

Word by Word

• हतौजाः: one whose vigor is slain; enervated
• हतौजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतौजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

• भारद्वाजः: Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• भारद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• mahāratha (great chariot-warrior)