Shloka 19

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

धारयन्तो ध्वजाग्रेषु द्रौपदेया महारथा: । सात्यकिश्रेकितानश्च धृष्टद्ुम्नशिखण्डिनौ

Transliteration

dhārayanto dhvajāgreṣu draupadeyā mahārathāḥ | sātyakiśrekitānaś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau ||

Translation

ਧੁੱਜਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਅਗਲੇ ਭਾਗ ਉੱਤੇ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਧਾਰਨ ਕੀਤੇ ਦ੍ਰੌਪਦੀ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਮਹਾਰਥੀ ਸਨ; ਅਤੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਸਾਤ੍ਯਕੀ, ਚੇਕਿਤਾਨ, ਧ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਦ੍ਯੁਮਨ ਤੇ ਸ਼ਿਖੰਡੀ ਵੀ ਸਨ॥

Word by Word

• धारयन्तः: bearing/holding
• धारयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धारयत् (धारय् < धृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present active (शतृ)

• ध्वजाग्रेषु: on the tops of the banners/standards
• ध्वजाग्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वजाग्र (ध्वज + अग्र)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• द्रौपदेयाः: the sons of Draupadī
• द्रौपदेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (महा + रथ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेकितानः: Śrekītāna (a warrior’s name)
• श्रेकितानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखण्डी: Śikhaṇḍin
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadi)
• Satyaki
• Shrekitana
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Shikhandin
• dhvaja (battle standards/banners)