Shloka 173

Devanagari script

नृपश्रेष्ठ! संग्रामभूमिमें गर्जना करते हुए कर्ण और राक्षस दोनोंमें इन्द्र और प्रह्नलादके समान युद्ध होने लगा ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि रात्रियुद्धे घटोत्कचप्रोत्साहने त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

nṛpaśreṣṭha! saṅgrāmabhūmau garjanāṃ kurvatā karṇa-rākṣasayor ubhayor indra-prahlādayor iva yuddhaṃ pravavṛte.

Translation

ନୃପଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ସଙ୍ଗ୍ରାମଭୂମିରେ ଗର୍ଜନ କରୁଥିବା କର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଓ ରାକ୍ଷସ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର ଓ ପ୍ରହ୍ଲାଦଙ୍କ ପରି ଯୁଦ୍ଧ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହେଲା। ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତେ ଦ୍ରୋଣପର୍ବଣି ଘଟୋତ୍କଚବଧପର୍ବଣି ରାତ୍ରିଯୁଦ୍ଧେ ଘଟୋତ୍କଚପ୍ରୋତ୍ସାହନେ ତ୍ରିସପ୍ତତ୍ୟଧିକଶତତମୋऽଧ୍ୟାୟଃ।

Word by Word

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संग्रामभूमौ: on the battlefield
• संग्रामभूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रामभूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• गर्जना: roaring
• गर्जना: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्जना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्: doing / making
• कुर्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षसः: the Rakshasa (Ghaṭotkaca)
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• उभयोः: of both
• उभयोः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• इन्द्रप्रह्लादयोः: of Indra and Prahlada
• इन्द्रप्रह्लादयोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रप्रह्लाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• इव: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: arose / happened
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणपर्वणि: in the Droṇa-parvan
• द्रोणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि: in the section on the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कचवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रात्रियुद्धे: in the night-battle
• रात्रियुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रियुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• घटोत्कचप्रोत्साहने: in (the episode of) encouraging Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचप्रोत्साहने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कचप्रोत्साहन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the 173rd
• त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Karna
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Indra
• Prahlāda
• Saṅgrāmabhūmi (battlefield)