Shloka 30

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

गदामारुतवेगेन तव पुत्रस्य भारत

Transliteration

gadāmārutavegena tava putrasya bhārata

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O Bharata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), with the wind-like speed of a mace, (the blow/assault) of your son…”

Word by Word

• गदा: with a mace
• गदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मारुतवेगेन: with the speed of the wind
• मारुतवेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुतवेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• your son (tava putra; unspecified in this fragment)
• gadā (mace)