Shloka 45

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

आश्चर्य चापि तद्‌ राजन्‌ सर्वसैन्यान्यपूजयन्‌

Transliteration

āścaryaṃ cāpi tad rājan sarvasainyāny apūjayan

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਇਹ ਵੀ ਇਕ ਅਚੰਭਾ ਸੀ—ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਫੌਜਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder, marvel
• आश्चर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• सर्वसैन्यानि: all the armies/troops
• सर्वसैन्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अपूपजयन्: they honored, paid homage to
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājan)
• armies/troops (sainyāni)