Shloka 19
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
Devanagari script
ततो<ब्रवीत् सकैकेयान् पज्चालान् गौतमीसुतः । प्रहरध्वमित: सर्वे मम गात्रे महारथा:
Transliteration
tato 'bravīt sa kaikeyān pāñcālān gautamīsutaḥ | praharadhvam itaḥ sarve mama gātre mahārathāḥ ||
Translation
ಆಗ ಗೌತಮೀಸುತನು ಕೈಕೇಯರು ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಂಚಾಲರನ್ನು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ಮಹಾರಥಿಗಳೇ, ಬನ್ನಿರಿ—ನನ್ನದೇ ದೇಹದ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಹಾರಮಾಡಿರಿ.”
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सhe
स:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कैकेयान्the Kaikeyas
कैकेयान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकैकेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
पाञ्चालान्the Panchalas
पाञ्चालान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
गौतमीसुतःthe son of Gautamī
गौतमीसुतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगौतमी-सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
प्रहरध्वम्strike!, attack!
प्रहरध्वम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-हृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
इतःfrom here; hence
इतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
ममof me; my
मम:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन
गात्रेon (my) body/limb
गात्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors
महारथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaG
Gautamīsuta (son of Gautamī)K
KaikeyasP
PāñcālasG
gātra (body/limbs)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a warrior’s uncompromising resolve in battle—meeting danger head-on and accepting the bodily risk that comes with one’s chosen duty in a violent conflict.
Sañjaya reports that Gautamī’s son calls out to the Kekaya and Pāñcāla fighters, challenging them to strike him directly, signaling intense combat and fearless defiance on the battlefield.