Shloka 55

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

हरय: कालकाश्षित्राश्चित्रमाल्यविभूषिता: । सुधन्वानं नरव्यात्रं पाउचाल्यं समुदावहन्‌,काले मस्तकवाले, विचित्र वर्ण तथा विचित्र मालाओंसे विभूषित घोड़े पांचालदेशीय पुरुषसिंह सुधन्‍्वाको लेकर रणभूमिमें उपस्थित हुए

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

harayaḥ kālakāś citramālyavibhūṣitāḥ |

sudhanvānaṃ naravyāghraṃ pāñcālyaṃ samudāvahan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Horses, dark-hued and adorned with variegated garlands, brought Sudhanvan—the Panchāla hero, a tiger among men—onto the battlefield. The scene underscores how, amid the machinery of war and display, a warrior is borne forward to meet his duty and fate in combat.

Word by Word

• हरयः: horses
• हरयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालकाष्ठित्राः: black-and-brown/black-wood-colored (horses)
• कालकाष्ठित्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकाष्ठित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चित्रमाल्यविभूषिताः: adorned with variegated garlands
• चित्रमाल्यविभूषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्रमाल्यविभूषित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुधन्वानम्: Sudhanvan (proper name)
• सुधन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नरव्याघ्रम्: tiger among men, man-lion (hero)
• नरव्याघ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाञ्चाल्यम्: the Panchala (man), belonging to Panchala
• पाञ्चाल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुदावहन्: they carried/they brought forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उद् + वह्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sudhanvan
• Panchāla
• horses
• garlands
• battlefield