Shloka 26

Devanagari script

धृष्टकेतुं तु समरे माद्रीपुत्र: प्रतापवान्‌ | अपोवाह रणे क्रुद्ध: सहदेव: पराक्रमी,इसी प्रकार प्रतापी एवं पराक्रमी माद्रीकुमार सहदेव कुपित हो धृष्टकेतुको अपने रथपर चढ़ाकर समरभूमिसे बाहर हटा ले गये

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭaketuṃ tu samare mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān | apovāha raṇe kruddhaḥ sahadevaḥ parākramī ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。戦場において、マードリーの子で武勇すぐれたサハデーヴァは憤り、ドリシュタケートゥを自らの戦車に乗せて戦場の外へと退かせた。

Word by Word

• धृष्टकेतुम्: Dhrishtaketu (as object)
• धृष्टकेतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टकेतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• माद्रीपुत्रः: Madri's son
• माद्रीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: valiant, mighty
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपोवाह: carried away, removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + वह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in the fight
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angered
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

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

• पराक्रमी: heroic, powerful
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sahadeva
• Dhṛṣṭaketu
• battlefield (raṇa/samara)
• chariot (implied by 'carried onto his chariot')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid righteous warfare, a kṣatriya’s duty includes safeguarding comrades; courage is shown not only in striking the enemy but also in timely protection and removal of an ally from peril.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the battle, Sahadeva (called the son of Mādrī) becomes enraged and removes Dhṛṣṭaketu from the fighting by placing him on his chariot and taking him away from the battlefield.