Shloka 2

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

रथभज़ो बभूवास्य थनुर्वाशीर्यतास्यत: । प्रमत्तो वाभवद्‌ द्रोणस्ततो मृत्युमुपेयिवान्‌,उनका रथ टूट गया था या बाणोंका प्रहार करते समय धनुष ही खण्डित हो गया था अथवा द्रोणाचार्य असावधान थे, जिससे उनकी मृत्यु हो गयी?

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | rathabhagno babhūvāsya dhanur vā śīryatāsyataḥ | pramatto vābhavad droṇas tato mṛtyum upeyivān ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Was his chariot shattered, or did his bow break while he was discharging arrows? Or was Droṇa inattentive—so that, as a result, he met with death?”

Word by Word

रथभङ्गःthe breaking of the chariot

बभूवbecame/occurred

अस्यof him (his)

धनुःthe bow

वाor

अशीर्यतwas shattered/broke

अस्यof him (his)

अस्यतःwhile he was shooting

प्रमत्तःcareless/inattentive

वाor

अभवत्was/became

द्रोणःDrona

ततःthereupon/therefore

मृत्युम्death

उपेयिवान्having met/attained

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

chariot (ratha)

bow (dhanuḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes