Shloka 28

Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ

After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana

Devanagari script

चेकितानस्तत: खडूगं क्रोधादुद्धृत्य भारत । लाघवं परमास्थाय गौतम॑ं समुपाद्रवत्‌,भारत! तब चेकितानने क्रोधपूर्वक तलवार खींच ली और बड़ी फुर्तीके साथ कृपाचार्यपर धावा किया

Transliteration

cekitānas tataḥ khaḍgaṃ krodhād uddhṛtya bhārata | lāghavaṃ paramāsthāya gautamaṃ samupādravat ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਭਾਰਤ! ਤਦ ਚੇਕਿਤਾਨ ਨੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਖੜਗ ਖਿੱਚ ਲਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਮ ਫੁਰਤੀ ਦਾ ਆਸਰਾ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਗੌਤਮ (ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਚਾਰਯ) ਉੱਤੇ ਸਿੱਧਾ ਟੁੱਟ ਪਿਆ।

Word by Word

• चेकितानः: Chekitana (the warrior)
• चेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधात्: out of anger; from anger
• क्रोधात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• उद्धृत्य: having drawn (pulled out)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

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

• लाघवम्: lightness; agility; quickness
• लाघवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाघव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme; great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having assumed; having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• गौतमम्: Gautama (i.e., Kripa)
• गौतमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुपाद्रवत्: rushed upon; charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cekitāna
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Gautama (Kṛpācārya)
• sword (khaḍga)