Shloka 473

Devanagari script

अभज्यन्त महाराज यतमाना महारथा: । महाराज! समरभूमिमें प्रयत्नपूर्वक युद्ध करनेवाले पाण्डवपक्षके महारथी राधापूुत्र कर्णके द्वारा बारंबार भागनेको विवश कर दिये जाते थे

Transliteration

abhajyanta mahārāja yatamānā mahārathāḥ |

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, di medan perang para maharatha pihak Pandava, meskipun berjuang dengan segenap daya, berulang kali dipaksa berundur oleh Karna, putera Rādhā, setelah semangat dan barisan mereka dipatahkan.

Word by Word

• अभज्यन्त: were forced to flee / were routed
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Plural

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

• यतमाना: striving, making effort
• यतमाना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतमान
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ) from √यत्, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथा: great chariot-warriors
• महारथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Karṇa (Rādhā’s son)
• Pāṇḍava side
• battlefield (samarabhūmi)