Shloka 23

Adhyāya 92: Irāvanta-śoka, punaḥ-pravṛttiḥ saṅgrāmasya

Arjuna’s grief and the battle’s renewed intensity

Devanagari script

तत्राक्रन्दो महानासीत्‌ सूंजयानां महात्मनाम्‌ | वध्यतां समरे राजन्‌ भारद्वाजेन धन्विना,राजन! धनुर्धर द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा समरभूमिमें मारे जाते हुए महामना सूंजयोंका महान्‌ आर्तनाद सुनायी देने लगा

Transliteration

tatrākrando mahān āsīt sūñjayānāṁ mahātmanām | vadhyatāṁ samare rājan bhāradvājena dhanvinā ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: О царь, там поднялся великий крик страдания у благородных сринджая, когда их в сражении сражал лучник Бхарадваджа (Дрона).

Word by Word

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

• आक्रन्दः: cry, wail
• आक्रन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• सूंजयानाम्: of the Sṛñjayas
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूंजय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वध्यताम्: being slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Passive, Participle-like finite (present passive, indicative usage)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• भारद्वाजेन: by Bhāradvāja (Drona)
• भारद्वाजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धन्विना: by the archer
• धन्विना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sṛñjayas
• Droṇācārya (Bhāradvāja)
• battlefield (samara)