Shloka 9

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

तथा तित्तिरिकल्माषा हया वातसमा जवे | अवहंस्तुमुले युद्धे सहदेवमुदायुधम्‌,इस प्रकार अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंसे सम्पन्न सहदेवको तीतरके समान चितकबरे रंगवाले तथा वायुके समान वेगशाली घोड़े उस भयंकर युद्धमें ले गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tathā tittirikalmāṣā hayā vātasamā jave | avahaṃs tumule yuddhe sahadevam udāyudham ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then those horses, speckled like partridges and swift as the wind, bore Sahadeva—armed and ready—through the tumult of that dreadful battle. The image underscores how, in war, even a righteous and disciplined warrior is carried forward by the relentless momentum of combat, where speed and force often decide the immediate course of events.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: true

• तित्तिरि-कल्माषाः: speckled like a partridge
• तित्तिरि-कल्माषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तित्तिरिकल्माष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हयाः: horses
• हयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वात-समाः: equal to the wind
• वात-समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातसम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जवे: in speed
• जवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अवहन्: carried away, bore
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तुमुले: in the tumultuous (state)
• तुमुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सहदेवम्: Sahadeva
• सहदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदायुधम्: with weapon raised; armed
• उदायुधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदायुध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sahadeva
• horses