Shloka 49

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 96: Sātyaki’s Line-Penetration, Encirclement, and Advance toward Arjuna

Devanagari script

गान्धारे युधि विक्रम्य निर्जिता: सुरसत्तमा: | पुरा वृत्रेण देत्येन भिन्नदेहा: सहस्रश:,गान्धारीनन्दन! प्राचीन कालकी बात है, वृत्रासुरने युद्धमें पराक्रमपूर्वक सहसों श्रेष्ठ देवताओंके शरीरको विदीर्ण करके उन्हें परास्त कर दिया था

Transliteration

gāndhāre yudhi vikramya nirjitāḥ surasattamāḥ | purā vṛtreṇa detyena bhinnadehāḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O son of Gāndhārī, in battle the foremost of the gods were once overcome. Long ago, the daitya Vṛtra, fighting with great prowess, shattered the bodies of thousands of those excellent devas and defeated them.”

Word by Word

• गान्धारे: in Gandhāra (country)
• गान्धारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विक्रम्य: having advanced/stridden forth; showing prowess
• विक्रम्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-क्रम्
• Form: Absolutive (त्वान्त/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage)

• निर्जिताः: defeated
• निर्जिताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√जि (जि)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुरसत्तमाः: the best of the gods
• सुरसत्तमाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• वृत्रेण: by Vṛtra
• वृत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• देत्येन: by the Daitya (demon)
• देत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भिन्नदेहाः: whose bodies were split/torn
• भिन्नदेहाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्नदेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gāndhārī
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)
• Daityas
• Devas (gods)