Shloka 34

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

प्रतिलभ्य तत: संज्ञां सहदेवो विशाम्पते

Transliteration

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ sahadevo viśāmpate

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Sahadeva, O lord of the people, regained consciousness—signaling a return from the brink amid the violence of battle and the resilience that sustains a warrior’s duty.

Word by Word

• प्रतिलभ्य: having regained/obtained
• प्रतिलभ्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिलभ् (धातु: लभ् + प्रति उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे), कर्तरि, absolutive/gerund: 'having regained/obtained'

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness, awareness
• संज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• विशाम्पते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति (विश् + पति)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sahadeva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra