Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कथं च मम पुत्राणां जीवतां तत्र संजय । शैनेयोडभिययौ युद्धे तन्ममाचक्ष्य संजय,संजय! युद्धस्थलमें मेरे पुत्रोंके जीते-जी शिनिनन्दन सात्यकि किस तरह आगे जा सके? संजय! यह सब मुझे बताओ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

kathaṃ ca mama putrāṇāṃ jīvatāṃ tatra sañjaya |

śaineyo 'bhyayau yuddhe tan mamācakṣva sañjaya ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: “Como, estando ainda vivos ali os meus filhos, ó Sañjaya, Śaineya (Sātyaki) avançou naquela batalha? Conta-me tudo por inteiro, Sañjaya.”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

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

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्राणाम्: of (my) sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• जीवताम्: while living / being alive
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शैनेयः: Śaineya (Sātyaki, descendant of Śini)
• शैनेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिययौ: advanced / went forth against
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: to me / for me (my)
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आचक्ष्य: having told / tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki (Śaineya)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (Kauravas)