Shloka 26

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शल्यपर्वमें धतराष्ट्रके ग्यारह पुत्रोंका वधविषयक छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,मम होतदशक्तं वै वाजिवृन्दमरिंदम

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śalyaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭrasya ekādaśa putrāṇāṁ vadhaviṣayakaḥ ṣaḍviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ | mama hotadaśaktaṁ vai vājivṛndaṁ arindama ||

Translation

Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter of the Śalya Parvan of the revered Mahābhārata, dealing with the slaying of eleven sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Sañjaya adds that his own power was insufficient against the massed force of horses—an admission that, amid the moral collapse of war, personal effort and loyalty meet their limits before the overwhelming machinery of battle.

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• होतद्: the hotṛ (sacrificial priest) / (reading uncertain)
• होतद्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (होतृ-शब्दः) / होत (अनिश्चित-पाठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (अनिश्चित), एकवचन

• अशक्तम्: unable, powerless
• अशक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशक्त
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वाजिवृन्दम्: a troop/herd of horses
• वाजिवृन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजि + वृन्द
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अरिंदम: O subduer of foes / enemy-subduer
• अरिंदम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (अनिश्चित), एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śalya Parva
• Mahābhārata
• eleven sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• vājivṛnda (host of horses/cavalry)