Shloka 37

Devanagari script

कृप उवाच वयं द्रोणं पुरस्कृत्य पृथिव्यां प्रवरं रथम्‌ । प्रावर्तयाम संग्रामं पडचालैरेव केवलम्‌,कृपाचार्य बोले--वत्स! हमलोगोंने भूमण्डलके श्रेष्ठ महारथी आचार्य द्रोणको आगे करके केवल पांचालोंके साथ युद्ध आरम्भ किया था

Transliteration

kṛpa uvāca | vayaṃ droṇaṃ puraskṛtya pṛthivyāṃ pravaraṃ ratham | prāvartayāma saṅgrāmaṃ pāñcālair eva kevalam ||

Translation

Kṛpa said: “Placing Droṇa at our head—the foremost chariot-warrior upon the earth—we set the battle in motion, engaging only with the Pāñcālas.”

Word by Word

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front / having put forward
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस्-कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रवरम्: foremost, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथम्: chariot / chariot-warrior (ratha)
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रावर्तयाम: we set in motion / we began
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वृत् (causative: प्रावर्तय-)
• Form: Imperfect, First, Plural, Parasmaipada, Causative

• संग्रामम्: battle
• संग्रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाञ्चालैः: with the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• केवलम्: only, merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Droṇa
• Pāñcālas
• pṛthivī (earth)