Shloka 52

Devanagari script

हर्षयन्निव तान्‌ योधानिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌ । राजेन्द्र! उस समय आपके बुद्धिमान पुत्र महामनस्वी दुर्योधनने अपनी सेनाको जब बहुत दुःखी देखा, तब उन सबको सुस्थिर करके उनका हर्ष बढ़ाते हुए इस प्रकार कहा - [५१६ || नतं देशं प्रपश्यामि यत्र याता भयाद्दिता:

Transliteration

harṣayann iva tān yodhān idaṁ vacanam abravīt | rājendra! tadā tava buddhimān putro mahāmanasvī duryodhanaḥ svāṁ senāṁ bahu-duḥkhitāṁ dṛṣṭvā tān sarvān susthirīkṛtya teṣāṁ harṣaṁ vardhayann evaṁ uvāca |

Translation

Sanjaya said: As though gladdening those warriors, he spoke these words. O king, at that time your wise son, the high-souled Duryodhana, seeing his army greatly distressed, steadied them all and, increasing their courage and joy, addressed them in this manner.

Word by Word

हर्षयन्gladdening, causing joy

इवas if, like

तान्those

योधान्warriors

इदम्this

वचनम्speech, words

अत्रhere

अवीत्said, spoke

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Duryodhana

Kaurava army

warriors

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes