Shloka 25

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

सुभद्राया: प्रियं पुत्र द्रौपद्या: केशवस्य च । अम्बायाश्ष प्रियं नित्यं कोडवधीत्‌ कालमोहित:,“सुभद्रा और द्रौपदीके प्यारे पुत्र अभिमन्युको, जो श्रीकृष्ण और माता कुन्तीका सदा दुलारा रहा है, किसने कालसे मोहित होकर मारा है?

Transliteration

Subhadrāyāḥ priyaṃ putra Draupadyāḥ Keśavasya ca | Ambāyāś ca priyaṃ nityaṃ ko ’vadhīt kālamohitaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Who, deluded by the power of Time, has slain that beloved son of Subhadrā—dear also to Draupadī and to Keśava—who was ever cherished by his mother (Kuntī)?”

Word by Word

सुभद्रायाःof Subhadrā

प्रियम्dear (one)

पुत्रम्son

द्रौपद्याःof Draupadī

केशवस्यof Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

चand

अम्बायाःof the mother (Ambā; here: mother Kuntī, i.e., 'mother')

चand

प्रियम्dear (one)

नित्यम्always

कःwho?

अवधीत्killed

कालमोहितःdeluded by Time/fate

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Subhadrā

Draupadī

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Ambā (interpreted as Kuntī in this context)

Abhimanyu

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes