Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

शयानं समुपासन्ति यं पुरा परमस्त्रिय:

Transliteration

śayānaṃ samupāsanti yaṃ purā paramastriyaḥ

Translation

ಹಿಂದೆ, ಅವನು ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಸೇವಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವನು—

Word by Word

• शयानम्: lying down
• शयानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शी (धातु) → शय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुपासन्ति: they attend upon / worship
• समुपासन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु) with सम्- (समुपास्)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly / earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• परमस्त्रियः: the foremost women
• परमस्त्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• paramastriyaḥ (noble women)