Shloka 63

Devanagari script

हर्षेण महता युक्तो भारद्वाजे निपातिते

Transliteration

harṣeṇa mahatā yukto bhāradvāje nipātite

Translation

Sañjaya said: When the son of Bhāradvāja had been struck down, he became filled with great exhilaration—an exultation born of the battlefield’s harsh turning, where victory is often celebrated even as it deepens the moral weight of the war.

Word by Word

• हर्षेण: with joy
• हर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तः: endowed/filled (with)
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारद्वाजे: in/at (the state of) Bhāradvāja (i.e., when Bhāradvāja's son Droṇa was...)
• भारद्वाजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निपातिते: when (he) had been felled/slain
• निपातिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhāradvāja (patronymic reference)
• Droṇa (implied by 'Bhāradvāja')