Shloka 20

शल्यवधे कौरवसेनाभङ्गः, भीमस्य गदायुद्धं, दुर्योधनस्य समाह्वानम्

Rout after Śalya’s fall; Bhīma’s mace engagement; Duryodhana’s rally

Devanagari script

सहितैश्नापि योद्धव्यमित्येष समय: कृत:

Transliteration

sahitaiś cāpi yoddhavyam ity eṣa samayaḥ kṛtaḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—“ਇਹ ਪੱਕਾ ਸਮਝੌਤਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਸਭ ਨੇ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਖੜ੍ਹ ਕੇ, ਘਣੀ ਕਤਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਯੁੱਧ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੈ।”

Word by Word

• सहितैः: with (allies/companions)
• सहितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• योद्धव्यम्: must be fought / one should fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Passive sense (obligation), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समयः: agreement/compact
• समयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतः: made/established
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya