Shloka 9

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा रथान्‌ सप्तशतान्‌ रणे | प्रैषयद्‌ यत्र राजासौ धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

tato duryodhano rājā rathān saptśatān raṇe | praiṣayad yatra rājāsau dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—मग राजा दुर्योधनाने रणात सातशे रथ त्या ठिकाणी पाठविले, जिथे धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिर उभा होता.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• सप्तशतान्: seven hundred
• सप्तशतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तशत
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, locative, singular

• प्रैषयत्: sent, dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: Avyaya (relative adverb of place)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (pronoun)
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma's son
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• rathāḥ (chariots)
• raṇa (battlefield)