Shloka 346

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

अयोधयन्‌ धर्मराजं मद्रराजपुरस्कृता: । तत्पश्चात्‌ कृपाचार्य, कृतवर्मा और महारथी शकुनि मद्रराज शल्यको आगे करके धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरसे युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ayodhayann dharmarājaṃ madrarāja-puraskṛtāḥ | tataḥ paścāt kṛpācāryaḥ kṛtavarmā ca mahārathī śakuniḥ madrarājaṃ śalyam agre kṛtvā dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram yoddhuṃ pracakramuḥ |

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതിനുശേഷം മദ്രരാജനെ മുൻനിർത്തി അവർ ധർമരാജനോടു യുദ്ധം ചെയ്തു. പിന്നെ കൃപാചാര്യൻ, കൃതവർമ്മൻ, മഹാരഥി ശകുനി—മദ്രരാജ ശല്യനെ മുന്നിൽ വെച്ച്—ധർമരാജ യുധിഷ്ഠിരനെ ആക്രമിച്ച് യുദ്ധത്തിലേർപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• अयोधयन्: they fought (made fight)
• अयोधयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मद्रराजपुरस्कृताः: having the king of Madra in front / led by the Madra-king
• मद्रराजपुरस्कृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्रराजपुरस्कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्: then/thereafter (that)
• तत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्

• कृपाचार्यः: Kṛpa, the teacher
• कृपाचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपाचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतवर्मा: Kṛtavarmā
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महारथी: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: Śakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मद्रराजम्: the king of Madra (Śalya)
• मद्रराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शल्यकम्: Śalya (as leader/foremost)
• शल्यकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्यक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र

• कृत्वा: having made/placing
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रुः: they did/made
• चक्रुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Madrarāja Śalya
• Kṛpācārya (Kṛpa)
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śakuni
• Madra