Shloka 16

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

जवे लक्ष्याभिहरणे भोज्ये पांसुविकर्षणे | धार्तराष्ट्रान भीमसेन: सर्वान्‌ स परिमर्दति

Translation

「駆け比べでも、遠くに置かれた目標の物を誰より先に取りに行くことでも、飲食のことでも、砂塵を引きずり舞い上げる遊びでも――そのすべてにおいて、ビーマセーナはドリタラーシュトラの子らをことごとく圧して恥をかかせた。」

Word by Word

• जवे: in speed; in running
• जवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लक्ष्याभिहरणे: in carrying off the target (i.e., reaching first and taking the object)
• लक्ष्याभिहरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्य-अभिहरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भोज्ये: in food/eating
• भोज्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पांसुविकर्षणे: in dragging/raising dust (a dust-throwing game)
• पांसुविकर्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांसु-विकर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the sons of Dhritarashtra (the Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिमर्दति: crushes; humiliates; overpowers
• परिमर्दति: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-मृद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

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