Shloka 32

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

आपका पुत्र सुदर्शन भीमका सामना करने लगा। सुशर्मा और शकुनिने किरीटधारी अर्जुनके साथ युद्ध छेड़ दिया ।। सहदेवं तव सुतो हयपृष्ठगतो< भ्ययात्‌ । ततो हि यत्नतः क्षिप्रं तव पुत्रो जनाधिप

Transliteration

sahadevaṃ tava suto hayapṛṣṭhagato 'bhyayāt | tato hi yatnataḥ kṣipraṃ tava putro janādhipa ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Your son advanced against Sahadeva, mounted on horseback. Then, O king, your son quickly pressed the attack with deliberate effort—signaling the relentless momentum of battle where resolve and strategy, rather than mere anger, drive the next clash.

Word by Word

• सहदेवम्: Sahadeva (as object)
• सहदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हयपृष्ठगतः: mounted on a horse’s back
• हयपृष्ठगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हयपृष्ठगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: approached / advanced towards
• अभ्ययात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• हि: indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• यत्नतः: with effort / carefully
• यत्नतः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Ablative singular used adverbially

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र
• Form: Accusative singular used adverbially

• तव: your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनाधिप: O king (lord of people)
• जनाधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sahadeva
• tava suta (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son)