Shloka 193

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

कथं नाभ्यतरंस्तात पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्‌ । क्या द्रोणाचार्यके रथको वहन करनेवाले वे शीघ्रगामी अश्व पराजित हो गये थे? तात! द्रोणाचार्यके सुवर्णमय रथमें जुते हुए और उन्हीं नरवीर आचार्यकी सवारीमें काम आनेवाले वे घोड़े पाण्डव-सेनाको पार कैसे नहीं कर सके?

Transliteration

kathaṁ nābhyataraṁs tāta pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “How is it, dear one, that they could not break through and cross the Pandavas’ battle-array? Were those swift horses—yoked to Droṇācārya’s golden chariot and serving as the mount of that heroic teacher—somehow overcome, that they could not carry him through the Pandava host?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभ्यतरन्: they crossed over / passed through
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति√तॄ (तॄ/तॄञ्)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

• तात: O dear one / O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• अनीकिनीम्: army / host
• अनीकिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीकिनी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• Droṇācārya
• Droṇa’s chariot
• horses (Droṇa’s team)