Shloka 24

Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha

Verbal Duel and Omens

Devanagari script

सृक्किणी संलिहन्‌ राजन्‌ क्रोधरक्तेक्षण: श्वसन | ततो दुर्योधनो राजन्‌ गदामादाय वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

sṛkkiṇī saṁlihan rājan krodha-rakte-kṣaṇaḥ śvasan | tato duryodhano rājan gadām ādāya vīryavān ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О царь, облизывая уголки рта, тяжело дыша и с глазами, покрасневшими от гнева, Дурьодхана — могучий в доблести — затем поднял свою булаву».

Word by Word

• सृक्किणी: the two corners of the mouth/lips
• सृक्किणी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृक्कि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• संलिहन्: licking
• संलिहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + लिह्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधरक्तेक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्वसन: breathing (hard)
• श्वसन: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्वस्
• Form: शतृ/शानच् sense (present participial usage), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), true

• वीर्यवान्: mighty/possessing valor
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• gadā (mace)