Shloka 31

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

सो5चरत्‌ सहसा खड्गी मण्डलानि समन्तत: । चतुर्दश महाराज शिक्षाबलसमन्वित:,महाराज! सुतसोम शिक्षा और बल दोनोंसे सम्पन्न था, वह खड़्ग लेकर सहसा उसके चौदह मण्डल (पैंतरे) दिखाता हुआ रणभूमिमें सब ओर विचरने लगा

Transliteration

so 'carat sahasā khaḍgī maṇḍalāni samantataḥ | caturdaśa mahārāja śikṣā-bala-samanvitaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, sword in hand, he suddenly began to move about on every side, displaying the fourteen circular maneuvers. O King, endowed with both disciplined training and strength, he ranged across the battlefield—demonstrating martial skill as a form of readiness and resolve amid the moral gravity of war.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अचरत्: moved about / roamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly / swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• खड्गी: sword-bearing
• खड्गी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खड्गिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मण्डलानि: circles / manoeuvres
• मण्डलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides / all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• Type: Numeral
• Root: चतुर्दश

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शिक्षा-बल-समन्वितः: endowed with training and strength
• शिक्षा-बल-समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• khaḍga (sword)
• maṇḍala (circular maneuvers)
• raṇabhūmi (battlefield, implied by context)