Shloka 89

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

कालोपहतचेतास्तु कर्तव्यं नाभ्यजानत । क्रोधसम्मूर्च्छितो राजन्‌ वैराटि: प्रहसन्निव

Transliteration

kālopahatacetāstu kartavyaṃ nābhyajānata | krodhasammūrcchito rājan vairāṭiḥ prahasanniva ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—कालोपहतचेतास्तु कर्तव्यं नाभ्यजानत; क्रोधसम्मूर्च्छितो राजन्, वैराटिः प्रहसन्निव।

Word by Word

• कालोपहतचेताः: one whose mind is struck by time (fate)
• कालोपहतचेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल-उपहत-चेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कर्तव्यम्: what ought to be done; duty
• कर्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभ्यजानत: he understood/recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रोधसम्मूर्च्छितः: fainted/overpowered by anger
• क्रोधसम्मूर्च्छितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-सम्मूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वैराटिः: the son of Virata (Uttara)
• वैराटिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराटि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vairāṭi (Virāṭa prince)
• Kāla (Time/Fate)
• Krodha (anger)