Shloka 40

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

यः स पाञ्चालसेनानीद्रोणमंशमकल्पयत्‌ । पारावतसवर्णस्त धृष्टद्युम्नमुदावहन्‌

Transliteration

yaḥ sa pāñcāla-senānī droṇam aṁśam akalpayat | pārāvata-savarṇas ta dhṛṣṭadyumnam udāvahan ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Panglima tentera Pāñcāla itu—yang telah menetapkan Droṇa sebagai ‘bahagian’ yang ditakdirkan baginya (lawan yang harus dihadapinya)—dibawa mara: Dhṛṣṭadyumna, berwarna laksana merpati, melangkah masuk ke kancah pertempuran.”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाञ्चाल-सेनानी: the commander of the Panchalas (Panchala general)
• पाञ्चाल-सेनानी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल + सेनानी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अंशम्: a portion/part
• अंशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अकल्पयत्: assigned/appointed/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (कल्पयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पारावत-सवर्णः: having the color of a pigeon (pale/greyish)
• पारावत-सवर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारावत + सवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदावहन्: carried forth/bore/led out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + वह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāñcālas
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa