Shloka 20

Droṇanidhana-anantaraṃ sainya-viṣādaḥ and Karṇa-pravṛttiḥ

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

Devanagari script

विप्रद्रुतानहं मन्‍्ये निमग्नान्‌ शोकसागरे । प्लवमानान्‌ हते द्रोणे सन्ननौकानिवार्णवे,मैं तो समझता हूँ, द्रोणाचार्यके मारे जानेपर मेरे सारे सैनिक भाग चले होंगे, शोकके समुद्रमें डूब गये होंगे, उनकी दशा समुद्रमें नाव मारी जानेपर वहाँ हाथोंसे तैरनेवाले मनुष्योंके समान संकटपूर्ण हो गयी होगी

Transliteration

vipradrutān ahaṃ manye nimagnān śokasāgare | plavamānān hate droṇe sannanaukān ivārṇave ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “I think that when Droṇa was slain, my warriors fled in panic—sinking into an ocean of grief. Like men forced to swim in the sea after their boat has been shattered, they must have been left in a perilous, helpless state.”

Word by Word

विप्रद्रुतान्fled away, routed

अहम्I

मन्येI think, I consider

निमग्नान्sunk, submerged

शोकसागरेin the ocean of grief

प्लवमानान्swimming, floating

हतेwhen (he is) slain

द्रोणेin/when Drona

सन्ननौकान्those whose boat is lost/destroyed

इवlike, as

अर्णवेin the sea

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Droṇa

Kaurava army (implied)

Ocean/sea (metaphorical)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes