Shloka 19

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

हन्ति स्मात्र पिता पुत्र रथेनाभ्येत्य संयुगे

Transliteration

hanti smātra pitā putra rathenābhyetya saṃyuge

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「戦の激突そのただ中で、父は戦車をまっすぐ駆って迫り、ついに子を討ち倒した——戦は天倫の絆さえ覆し、義務と自制の限界を試すのだと、まざまざと示す光景である。」

Word by Word

• हन्ति: kills/strikes
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हिंसागत्योः)
• Form: Lat, Present (Vartamana), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्म: indeed/just (emphatic particle; often with past narration)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथेन: with/by a chariot
• रथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्येत्य: having approached/coming up to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ (एति)
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun/ktvā-anta), abhyetya, Active (kartari)

• संयुगे: in battle/in combat
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• father
• son
• chariot
• battle (saṃyuga)