Shloka 45

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

तस्य माताब्रवीद्‌ राजन्‌ वरुण पुत्रकारणात्‌

Transliteration

tasya mātābravīd rājan varuṇa putrakāraṇāt

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, his mother spoke—because of Varuṇa, the cause behind the begetting of that son.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वरुण: of Varuṇa
• वरुण: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (in compound), Singular

• पुत्रकारणात्: because of the cause of (having) a son / due to the reason of a son
• पुत्रकारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रकारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Varuṇa
• mother (unnamed in this half-verse)