Shloka 14

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

स संनिपातस्तुमुलस्तस्य तेषां च भारत । अभवत्‌ सर्वसैन्यानामभावकरणो महान्‌

Transliteration

sa sannipātastumulastasya teṣāṃ ca bhārata | abhavat sarvasainyānām abhāvakaraṇo mahān ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Bhārata, pertembungan antara pasukannya dan pasukan mereka menjadi kancah yang gemuruh dan dahsyat—begitu besar sehingga membawa kebinasaan dan pemusnahan kepada bala tentera di setiap penjuru.

Word by Word

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संनिपातः: concourse, clash, encounter
• संनिपातः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिपात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, fierce
• तुमुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• सर्वसैन्यानाम्: of all armies
• सर्वसैन्यानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अभावकरणः: causing destruction/non-existence
• अभावकरणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभावकरण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)