Shloka 7

Abhimanyu-śravaṇa-prastāva and Cakravyūha-vinyāsa

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

Devanagari script

नूनं वयं वध्यपक्षे भवतो द्विजसत्तम । तथा हि नाग्रही: प्राप्तं समीपेडद्य युधिष्ठिरम्‌,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! निश्चय ही हमलोग आपकी दृष्टिमें शत्रुवर्गके अन्तर्गत हैं। यही कारण है कि आज आपने अत्यन्त निकट आनेपर भी राजा युधिष्ठिरको नहीं पकड़ा है

Transliteration

nūnaṁ vayaṁ vadhya-pakṣe bhavato dvija-sattama | tathā hi nāgrahīḥ prāptaṁ samīpe ’dya yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Surely we stand among those whom you deem fit to be slain, O best of twice-born. For that is why, even though King Yudhiṣṭhira came within your very reach today, you did not seize him.”

Word by Word

नूनम्surely, indeed

वयम्we

वध्यto be slain, killable

पक्षेin the side/party

भवतःof you (honorific)

द्विजसत्तमO best of the twice-born

तथाthus, so

हिindeed, for

नnot

अग्रहीःyou seized/captured

प्राप्तम्having come, arrived

समीपेnear, in proximity

अद्यtoday

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira

द्विजश्रेष्ठO best of the twice-born

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

dvija-sattama (addressed brāhmaṇa, likely Droṇa in context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes