Shloka 21

Abhimanyu-śravaṇa-prastāva and Cakravyūha-vinyāsa

Prelude to Abhimanyu’s Account and the Wheel-Formation Deployment

Devanagari script

सौभद्र: पृथिवीपाल जहौ प्राणान्‌ परंतप: । वयं परमसंद्ृष्टा: पाण्डवा: शोककर्शिता: । सौभद्रे निहते राजन्नवहारमकुर्महि,भूपाल! शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले सुभद्राकुमारने जब प्राण त्याग दिये, उस समय हमलोगोंको बड़ा हर्ष हुआ और पाण्डव शोकसे व्याकुल हो गये। राजन! सुभद्रा-कुमारके मारे जानेपर हमलोगोंने युद्ध बंद कर दिया

Transliteration

saubhadraḥ pṛthivīpāla jahau prāṇān parantapaḥ | vayaṃ paramasaṃdṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ śokakarśitāḥ | saubhadre nihate rājann avahāram akurmahi bhūpāla ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, when Saubhadra—the scorcher of foes—gave up his life, we (on your side) felt great exhilaration, while the Pāṇḍavas were crushed by grief. O ruler, when Saubhadra was slain, we ceased the fighting for the time being.”

Word by Word

• {'saubhadraḥ': 'the son of Subhadrā

• Abhimanyu', 'pṛthivīpāla / bhūpāla': 'protector of the earth

• king (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'jahau prāṇān': 'gave up life

• died', 'parantapaḥ': 'scorcher of enemies

• a heroic epithet', 'vayam': 'we (the Kaurava side as reported by Sañjaya)', 'paramasaṃdṛṣṭāḥ': 'greatly delighted

• highly pleased', 'pāṇḍavāḥ': 'the sons of Pāṇḍu

• the Pāṇḍava party', 'śokakarśitāḥ': 'afflicted/tormented by grief', 'nihate': 'when slain

• upon being killed', 'rājan': 'O king', 'avahāram akurmahi': 'we made a cessation/withdrawal

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kaurava side (implied by 'we')