Shloka 23

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

ननु रुक्मरथं दृष्टवा प्राद्रवन्ति सम पाण्डवा:

Transliteration

nanu rukmarathaṁ dṛṣṭvā prādravanti sma pāṇḍavāḥ

Translation

ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു— നിശ്ചയമായും രുക്മരഥത്തെ കണ്ടയുടൻ പാണ്ഡവർ ഒരുമിച്ച് പാഞ്ഞുചെന്നു.

Word by Word

• ननु: indeed; surely; well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ननु

• रुक्मरथम्: Rukmaratha (proper name)
• रुक्मरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• प्राद्रवन्ति: they run forth; they rush
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Lat (Present), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• समम्: together; all at once; equally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Rukmaratha
• Pāṇḍavas