Shloka 243

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

शूरं शिखण्डिन: पुत्रम॒क्षदेवमुदावहन्‌ । शिखण्डीके शूरवीर पुत्र ऋक्षदेवको पद्मकेः समान वर्ण और निर्मल नेत्रवाले बाह्विकः देशके सजे-सजाये घोड़ोंने रणभूमिमें पहुँचाया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śūraṃ śikhaṇḍinaḥ putram akṣadevam udāvahan |

Translation

Sanjaya said: The warriors brought forth Akṣadeva, the valiant son of Śikhaṇḍin, conveying him into the field of battle. In the moral atmosphere of the war, the verse highlights how lineage, personal valor, and the organized support of one’s side (chariot and horses) become instruments through which a fighter is placed into the arena where duty and destruction intertwine.

Word by Word

• शूरम्: the brave (one)
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शिखण्डिनः: of Śikhaṇḍin
• शिखण्डिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋक्षदेवम्: Ṛkṣadeva (proper name)
• ऋक्षदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्षदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदावहन्: carried / conveyed
• उदावहन्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Shikhandin (Śikhaṇḍin)
• Akshadeva (Akṣadeva)
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi, implied by context)