Shloka 18

युद्धसंग्रहः

Kurukṣetra Campaign in Summary

Devanagari script

भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण अपने पिता-माता आदिको महाभारतका वृत्तान्त सुना रहे हैं उपायान्तं तु वार्ष्णेयं भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकास्तथा

Transliteration

upāyāntaṃ tu vārṣṇeyaṃ bhojavṛṣṇyandhakās tathā

Translation

वार्ष्णेय श्रीकृष्ण येताच भोज, वृष्णी आणि अंधकही तसेच पुढे आले।

Word by Word

• upāyāntam: approaching, coming near
• upāyāntam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upāyānta (√i + upa-; present participle stem)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• vārṣṇeyam: the Vārṣṇeya (Krishna/descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• vārṣṇeyam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārṣṇeya
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• bhoja: the Bhojas
• bhoja: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoja
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• vṛṣṇayaḥ: the Vṛṣṇis
• vṛṣṇayaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• andhakāḥ: the Andhakas
• andhakāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tathā: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya)
• Bhojas
• Vṛṣṇis
• Andhakas
• Mahābhārata (narrative account)