Shloka 11

Droṇa-pātana-paripṛcchā (Inquiry into the Fall of Droṇa) | द्रोणपातनपरिपृच्छा

Devanagari script

तमन्तकमिव क्रुद्धमापतन्तं यतव्रतम्‌ । दृष्टवा सम्प्राद्रवन्‌ योधा: पाण्डवस्य ततस्तत:,नियमपूर्वक व्रतका पालन करनेवाले द्रोणाचार्यको क्रोधमें भरे हुए कालके समान आते देख पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरके सारे सैनिक इधर-उधर भाग चले

Transliteration

tam antakam iva kruddham āpatantaṃ yatavratam | dṛṣṭvā samprādravan yodhāḥ pāṇḍavasya tatas tataḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「誓戒の規律に堅く立つドローナが、怒りに燃えてアンタカ（死）そのもののように突進して来るのを見て、パーンドゥの子の軍勢は四方へ散り散りに逃げ去った。」

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तकम्: Death (Yama)
• अन्तकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• क्रुद्धम्: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतन्तम्: rushing/falling upon, charging
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपतन्त (आ-√पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यतव्रतम्: of restrained vow; vow-observant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• सम्प्राद्रवन्: ran away, fled
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवस्य: of the Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ततः: then; from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ततः: here and there (repeated: in all directions)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Antaka (Death/Yama)
• Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu; contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pāṇḍava warriors/army