Shloka 2

अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्

Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley

Devanagari script

विस्तरेणैव मे शंस सर्व गावल्गणे पुन: । विक्रीडितं कुमारस्य स्कन्दस्येवासुरै: सह

Transliteration

vistareṇaiva me śaṃsa sarva gāvalgaṇe punaḥ | vikrīḍitaṃ kumārasya skandasyevāsuraiḥ saha ||

Translation

ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「ガーヴァルガナよ、あの若き王子の武勲のすべてを、もう一度、余すところなく詳しく語ってくれ。まるでスカンダがアスラたちと戦場で戯れるかのように。」

Word by Word

• विस्तरेण: in detail / at length
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• शंस: tell / relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गावल्गणे: O Gāvalgaṇa (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गावल्गण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• विक्रीडितम्: the sport/playing; what was played
• विक्रीडितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√क्रीड्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुमारस्य: of the prince/boy
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like / as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• असुरैः: with/as by the Asuras
• असुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Gāvalgaṇa (Sañjaya)
• kumāra (the prince/youth)
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Asuras