Shloka 156

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

पज्चाला: केकयाश्रैव सिंहनादमथानदन्‌ । उस समय पाण्डव, पाँचों द्रौपदीकुमार, राजा विराट, पांचाल और केकय दुःशासनको पराजित हुआ देख जोर-जोरसे सिंहनाद करने लगे

Transliteration

Pañcālāḥ Kekayāś caiva siṃhanādam athānadan.

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the Pañcālas and the Kekayas raised a loud lion-roar. Seeing Duḥśāsana overcome, the Pāṇḍavas—along with the five sons of Draupadī and King Virāṭa—exulted, proclaiming their renewed courage and the moral momentum of their cause amid the chaos of war.

Word by Word

• पाञ्चालाः: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केकयाः: the Kekayas
• केकयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सिंहनादम्: a lion-roar (war-cry)
• सिंहनादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अनदन्: they roared/cried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pañcālas
• Kekayas
• Pāṇḍavas
• Draupadī’s five sons (Draupadeyas)
• King Virāṭa
• Duḥśāsana