Shloka 34

Devanagari script

तमेवमुक्त्वाप्यनुनीय चासकृत्‌ तवात्मज: स्वाननुशास्ति सैनिकान्‌ | विनिध्नताभिद्रवताहितान्‌ मम सबाणहस्ता: किमु जोषमासत,अश्वत्थामासे ऐसा कहकर बारंबार अनुनय-विनयके द्वारा उसे प्रसन्न करके आपके पुत्रने अपने सैनिकोंको आदेश देते हुए कहा--“अरे! तुमलोग हाथोंमें बाण लिये चुपचाप बैठे क्‍यों हो? मेरे शत्रुओंपर टूट पड़ो और उन्हें मार डालो”

Transliteration

tam evam uktvāpy anunīya cāsakṛt tava ātmajaḥ svān anuśāsti sainikān | vinighnatābhidravatahitān mama sabāṇahastāḥ kimu joṣam āsata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Even after speaking to him thus, and repeatedly conciliating and pleasing him with entreaty, your son then issued orders to his own troops: “Why are you sitting idle with arrows in your hands? Rush upon my enemies and strike them down!”

Word by Word

तम्him

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

अपिalso/even

अनुनीयhaving conciliated/entreated

चand

असकृत्repeatedly

तवof you/your

आत्मजःson

स्वान्his own

अनुशास्तिinstructs/orders

सैनिकान्soldiers

विनिध्नतstrike down/kill

अभिद्रवतrun at/charge

अहितान्enemies/ill-wishers

ममof me/my

स-बाण-हस्ताःwith arrows in (their) hands

किम्why/what

उindeed/then (emphasis)

जोषम्quiet/inactivity

आसतwere sitting/remained

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')

Duryodhana (implied by 'tava ātmajaḥ')

soldiers/troops (sainikāḥ)

arrows (bāṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes