Shloka 7

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

अन्धस्य नृपते: पुत्रा मया परिघबाहुना

Transliteration

andhasya nṛpateḥ putrā mayā parighabāhunā

Translation

अंध राजाच्या पुत्रांचा संहार माझ्या—परिघासारख्या भुजांनी—झाला।

Word by Word

• अन्धस्य: of the blind (king)
• अन्धस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नृपतेः: of the king
• नृपतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• परिघबाहुना: with (my) arms like iron bars/clubs
• परिघबाहुना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिघबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kauravas (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Bhīma (implied by the epithet parighabāhu)