Shloka 21

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

विद्यां यस्पोपजीवन्ति सर्वलोकधनुर्धरा:

Transliteration

vidyāṃ yaspopajīvanti sarvalokadhanurdharāḥ

Translation

ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു— സകല ലോകങ്ങളിലും പ്രസിദ്ധരായ ആ ധനുർധരർ തങ്ങളുടെ വിദ്യയെ ആശ്രയിച്ചുതന്നെ ജീവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• विद्याम्: knowledge
• विद्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यैः: by whom/with which
• यैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उपजीवन्ति: live by, subsist on
• उपजीवन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप√जीव्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वलोकधनुर्धराः: all-world bow-bearers (archers of all lands)
• सर्वलोकधनुर्धराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोकधनुर्धर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• archers (dhanurdharāḥ)