Shloka 22

Abhimanyu-śravaṇa-prastāva and Cakravyūha-vinyāsa

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

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच पुत्रं पुरुषसिंहस्य संजयाप्राप्तयौवनम्‌ । रणे विनिहतं श्रुत्वा भृशं मे दीर्यते मन:,धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! पुरुषसिंह अर्जुनका वह पुत्र अभी युवावस्थामें भी नहीं पहुँचा था। उसे युद्धमें मारा गया सुनकर मेरा हृदय अत्यन्त विदीर्ण हो रहा है

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca — putraṁ puruṣasiṁhasya saṁjayāprāptayauvanam | raṇe vinihataṁ śrutvā bhṛśaṁ me dīryate manaḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “O Sañjaya, hearing that the son of the lion among men (Arjuna)—still not yet come to full youth—has been slain in battle, my heart is being torn apart exceedingly.”

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• पुरुषसिंहस्य: of the lion among men (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• संजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अप्राप्तयौवनम्: not having attained youth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्राप्तयौवन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विनिहतम्: slain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ktvā

• भृशम्: exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश
• Form: Adverb

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• दीर्यते: is torn / is rent
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Medial (intransitive sense)

• मनः: mind/heart
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Arjuna’s son (Abhimanyu)
• battle (raṇa)