Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

दृप्तानां धार्तराष्ट्राणां सिंहनादो मया श्रुतः

Transliteration

dṛptānāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ siṃhanādo mayā śrutaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I heard the lion-like roar of the proud sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.” In the moral atmosphere of the war, this cry signals not only martial confidence but also the swelling of pride that often blinds warriors to the consequences of adharma and impending ruin.

Word by Word

• दृप्तानाम्: of the proud/arrogant
• दृप्तानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृप्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons/party of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सिंहनादः: lion-roar (a loud battle-cry)
• सिंहनादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रुतः: was heard
• श्रुतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Past (PPP), —, Singular, Passive, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied via ‘Dhārtarāṣṭras’)
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)