Shloka 20

शैनेयचरितम्

The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement

Devanagari script

तथा तु यतमानस्य द्रोणस्य युधि भारत । धृष्टद्युम्न॑ समासाद्य त्रिधा सैन्यमभिद्यत,भारत! युद्धमें इस प्रकार विजयके लिये प्रयत्नशील हुए द्रोणाचार्यकी सेना धृष्टद्युम्नके पास पहुँचकर तीन भागोंमें बँट गयी

Transliteration

tathā tu yatamānasya droṇasya yudhi bhārata | dhṛṣṭadyumnam samāsādya tridhā sainyam abhidyat ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: As Droṇācārya strove on the battlefield for victory, O Bhārata, his army, on reaching Dhṛṣṭadyumna, split into three divisions and surged forward—an image of tactical urgency amid the moral strain of kin-slaying war.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यतमानस्य: of (one) striving/endeavouring
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतमान
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• द्रोणस्य: of Droṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having approached/reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund)

• त्रिधा: into three parts, threefold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिधा

• सैन्यम्: the army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभिद्यत्: split, broke up
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्युत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)