Shloka 2

Chapter 19: Prativyūha of the Pāṇḍavas — Vajra (Acala) Formation and Dawn Omens

Devanagari script

यो वेद मानुषं व्यूहं दैवं गान्धर्वमासुरम्‌ । कथं भीष्मं स कौन्तेय: प्रत्यव्यूहत संजय

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |

yo veda mānuṣaṃ vyūhaṃ daivaṃ gāndharvam āsuram |

kathaṃ bhīṣmaṃ sa kaunteyaḥ pratyavyūhata sañjaya ||

Translation

ドゥリタラーシュトラは言った。「サञ्जयよ、いかにしてクンティーの子は、毘湿摩に対して対陣を組んだのか。人の陣、神々の陣、ガンダルヴァの陣、アスラの陣、そのすべての編成法を知る毘湿摩に向かって、いかに軍を配したのか。」

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेद: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यूहम्: battle-array, formation
• व्यूहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दैवम्: divine
• दैवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गान्धर्वम्: of the Gandharvas
• गान्धर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गान्धर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसुरम्: demonic, of the Asuras
• आसुरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• कौन्तेयः: son of Kunti (Yudhishthira/Arjuna contextually)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यव्यूहत: counter-arrayed, formed a counter-formation
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + व्यूह (धातु: व्यूह्)
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Gandharvas
• Asuras
• Devas