Shloka 28

Adhyāya 18 — Sequential Duels and Formation Pressure

Ulūka–Yuyutsu; Śakuni–Sutasoma; Kṛpa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Kṛtavarmā–Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

एष पार्थ महारौद्रो वर्तते भरतक्षय: । पृथिव्यां पार्थिवानां वै दुर्योधनकृते महान्‌,'पार्थ! दुर्योधनके कारण यह भूमण्डलके भूपालों तथा भरतवंशियोंकी सेनाका महाभयंकर एवं महान्‌ संहार हो रहा है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

eṣa pārtha mahāraudro vartate bharatakṣayaḥ |

pr̥thivyāṃ pārthivānāṃ vai duryodhanakr̥te mahān |

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ಓ ಪಾರ್ಥ! ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದಲೇ ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜರು ಮತ್ತು ಭರತವಂಶೀಯರ ಈ ಮಹಾಭಯಂಕರ, ಮಹತ್ತರ ಸಂಹಾರವು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (he/this one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महारौद्रः: very dreadful/terribly fierce
• महारौद्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महारौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्तते: is occurring/prevails
• वर्तते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भरतक्षयः: destruction of the Bharatas
• भरतक्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पार्थिवानाम्: of kings/earthly rulers
• पार्थिवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed/verily
• वै: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• दुर्योधनकृते: for the sake of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनकृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधनकृत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Pārtha)
• Duryodhana
• Bharatas
• Pārthivas (kings)
• Pṛthivī (earth)