Shloka 41

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

तत्र नादो महानासीत्‌ पाण्डवानां विशाम्पते

Transliteration

tatra nādo mahān āsīt pāṇḍavānāṁ viśāmpate

Translation

Then, O lord of the people, a great roar arose from the Pāṇḍavas—an overwhelming battle-cry that signaled their resolve and rallied their forces amid the moral gravity of the war.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb: 'there')

• नादः: sound, roar
• नादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महान्: great, loud
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra