Shloka 26

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

सदृशो वृष्णिवीरस्य केशवस्य महात्मन: । विक्रमश्रुतमाहात्म्यै: कथमायोधने हत:,*वृष्णिकुलके वीर महात्मा केशवके समान पराक्रमी, शास्त्रज्ष और महत्त्वशाली अभिमन्यु युद्धमें किस प्रकार मारा गया है?

Transliteration

sadṛśo vṛṣṇivīrasya keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | vikramaśruta-māhātmyaiḥ katham āyodhane hataḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ವೃಷ್ಣಿವೀರ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಕೇಶವನಂತೆ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಶಾಲಿ, ವಿಕ್ರಮ-ಕೀರ್ತಿ-ಮಹಿಮೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾದ ಅಭಿಮನ್ಯು ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಹತನಾದನು?

Word by Word

• sadṛśaḥ: similar, like
• sadṛśaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vṛṣṇi-vīrasya: of the Vṛṣṇi hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi-vīra
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• keśavasya: of Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahātman
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• vikrama-śruta-māhātmyaiḥ: by (his) valor, fame, and greatness
• vikrama-śruta-māhātmyaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikrama-śruta-māhātmya
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• katham: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham

• āyodhane: in battle
• āyodhane: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyodhana
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• hataḥ: slain, killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: han
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛṣṇi (clan/lineage reference)
• Abhimanyu