Shloka 82

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

अतीव शुशुभे तस्य ध्वज: कृष्णाजिनोत्तर: | कमण्डलुर्महाराज जातरूपमय: शुभ:,महाराज! काले मृगचर्म और कमण्डलुके चिह्नसे युक्त उनका सुवर्णमय सुन्दर ध्वज अत्यन्त शोभा पा रहा था

Transliteration

atīva śuśubhe tasya dhvajaḥ kṛṣṇājinottaraḥ | kamaṇḍalur mahārāja jātarūpamayaḥ śubhaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Maharaja, panjinya bersinar amat indah—di puncaknya tertera lambang kulit kijang hitam; dan kamaṇḍalu yang bertuah, diperbuat daripada emas, menambah seri kemegahannya.

Word by Word

• अतीव: exceedingly, very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव

• शुशुभे: shone, was splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

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

• ध्वजः: banner, flag
• ध्वजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णाजिनोत्तरः: having a black-antelope skin as its upper part/covering
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णाजिनोत्तर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कमण्डलुः: water-pot (ascetic’s vessel)
• कमण्डलुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जातरूपमयः: made of gold
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातरूपमय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभः: auspicious, beautiful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• kṛṣṇājina (black antelope-skin emblem)
• kamaṇḍalu (ascetic water-pot)
• jātarūpa (gold)