Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 29

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

ततो हतं परैस्तत्र मद्रराजबलं तदा । दुर्योधनबलं दृष्टवा पुनरासीत्‌ पराड्मुखम्‌,थोड़ी ही देरमें शत्रुओंने वहाँ मद्रराजकी सेनाका संहार कर डाला। यह देख दुर्योधनकी सेना पुनः पीठ दिखाकर भागने लगी

Transliteration

tato hataṃ parais tatra madrarājabalaṃ tadā | duryodhanabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā punar āsīt parāṅmukham ||

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ «នៅទីនោះឯង សត្រូវបានសម្លាប់បំផ្លាញកងទ័ពរបស់ព្រះរាជាមទ្រ។ ឃើញដូច្នោះ កងទ័ពរបស់ទុរយោធន ក៏បែរខ្នងរត់គេចម្ដងទៀត»។

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• हतम्: slain, destroyed
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• परैः: by the enemies/others
• परैः: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• मद्रराजबलम्: the army of the king of Madra
• मद्रराजबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रराजबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• दुर्योधनबलम्: Duryodhana's army
• दुर्योधनबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधनबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: ktvā (absolutive/gerund)

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

• आसीत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पराङ्मुखम्: turned away; facing away (fleeing)
• पराङ्मुखम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Madrarāja (king of Madra, i.e., Śalya)
• Mādra army
• enemy forces (Pāṇḍava side implied)