Shloka 25

Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधनो दीनो दृष्टवा सैन्यं पराजितम्‌

Transliteration

tato duryodhano dīno dṛṣṭvā sainyaṁ parājitam

Translation

ततो दुर्योधनः दीनः दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं पराजितम्।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• दीनः: dejected, distressed
• दीनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (agreeing with दुर्योधनः)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), 'having seen'

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• पराजितम्: defeated, routed
• पराजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराजित

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• army (sainya)