Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तूष्णीं बभूवू राजान: सर्व एव विशाम्पते | अर्जुनस्तु कटाक्षेण जिद्दां विप्रेक्ष्य पार्षतम्‌

Transliteration

tūṣṇīṁ babhūvur rājānaḥ sarva eva viśāmpate | arjunastu kaṭākṣeṇa jiddāṁ viprekṣya pārṣatam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: All the kings fell silent, O lord of the people. Arjuna, however, with a mere sidelong glance, looked toward the son of Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), as if to signal resolve and readiness amid the tense moral weight of the battlefield.

Word by Word

• तूष्णीम्: silently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूष्णीम्

• बभूवुः: became / remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Plural

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कटाक्षेण: with a glance
• कटाक्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• जिद्दाम्: challenge (to combat)
• जिद्दाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिद्दा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विप्रेक्ष्य: having looked at / observing
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्रेक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पार्षतम्: the son of Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• पार्षतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)
• kings (rājānaḥ)