Shloka 14

Droṇanidhana-anantaraṃ sainya-viṣādaḥ and Karṇa-pravṛttiḥ

After Droṇa’s fall: army despondency and Karṇa’s advance

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रसादात्‌ कौन्तेया राजपुत्रा महारथा: । महारथत्वं सम्प्राप्तास्तथान्ये वसुधाधिपा:

Transliteration

yasya prasādāt kaunteyā rājaputrā mahārathāḥ | mahārathatvaṃ samprāptās tathānye vasudhādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “By whose favor the sons of Kuntī—royal princes and great chariot-warriors—attained the status of mahārathas; and likewise other rulers of the earth as well.”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसादात्: from (his) favor/grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कौन्तेयाः: the sons of Kuntī (the Pāṇḍavas)
• कौन्तेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun (patronymic)
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजपुत्राः: princes
• राजपुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथत्वम्: the status of a great chariot-warrior
• महारथत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: महारथत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्ताः: having attained
• सम्प्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु: आप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (PPP sense)

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वसुधाधिपाः: lords of the earth (kings)
• वसुधाधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kaunteyāḥ (Pāṇḍavas)
• vasudhādhipāḥ (kings/rulers)