Shloka 88

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

पज्चानां द्रौपदेयानां प्रतिमा ध्वजभूषणम्‌ | धर्ममारुतशक्राणामश्रिनो श्ष महात्मनो:

Transliteration

pañcānāṁ draupadeyānāṁ pratimā dhvajabhūṣaṇam | dharmamārutaśakrāṇām aśrīno ’ṣau mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “This noble warrior bore on his banner an emblem fashioned as the likeness of the five sons of Draupadī—an ornament to his standard—signifying the strength and protection associated with Dharma, the Wind-god, and Indra.”

Word by Word

• पञ्चानाम्: of the five
• पञ्चानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• द्रौपदेयानाम्: of the sons of Draupadī
• द्रौपदेयानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रतिमा: the likeness / image
• प्रतिमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्वजभूषणम्: banner-ornament / having a banner as ornament
• ध्वजभूषणम्: Visheshana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज-भूषण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धर्ममारुतशक्राणाम्: of Dharma, Vāyu (Māruta), and Śakra (Indra)
• धर्ममारुतशक्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-मारुत-शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अश्रिणः: of the refuge / shelter (one who gives shelter)
• अश्रिणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Draupadeyas (five sons of Draupadī)
• Dharma (Dharmarāja/Yama)
• Māruta (Vāyu)
• Śakra (Indra)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)