Shloka 58

आयोधनदर्शनम्

Viewing the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra

Devanagari script

यूथानीव किशोरीणां सुकेशीनां जनार्दन । स्‍्नुषाणां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्य वृन्दान्यनेकश:,“जनार्दन! देखो, महाराज धृतराष्ट्रकी सुन्दर केशोंवाली पुत्रवधुओंकी ये कई टोलियाँ बछेड़ियोंके झुंडके समान दिखायी दे रही हैं

Transliteration

yūthānīva kiśorīṇāṃ sukeśīnāṃ janārdana | snuṣāṇāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya paśya vṛndāny anekaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O Janārdana, look—these many groups of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s daughters-in-law, with beautiful hair, appear like herds of young heifers.”

Word by Word

• यूथानि: herds, groups
• यूथानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यूथ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• किशोरीणाम्: of young heifers (calves)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किशोरी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सुकेशीनाम्: of the fair-/beautiful-haired (women)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकेशी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• जनार्दन: O Janardana (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्नुषाणाम्: of the daughters-in-law
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नुषा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhritarashtra
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्य: see, behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृन्दानि: groups, clusters
• वृन्दानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्द
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनेकशः: in many ways / many (in number), repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s daughters-in-law (Kaurava women)