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Shloka 10

भीमसेन–अलायुधयुद्धम् / Bhīmasena and Alāyudha: Night Engagement and Command Responses

एवं क्लान्तमना राजन्नुपायाद्‌ द्रोणमीक्षितुम्‌ । आगस्कृत्‌ सर्वलोकस्य पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ,राजन! भरतश्रेष्ठ! सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌का अपराध करनेवाला आपका पुत्र जब इस प्रकार सोचते-सोचते मन-ही-मन बहुत खिन्न हो गया, तब आचार्य द्रोणका दर्शन करनेके लिये उनके पास गया

evaṁ klāntamanā rājann upāyād droṇam īkṣitum | āgaskṛt sarvalokasya putras te bharatarṣabha ||

सञ्जय उवाच—एवं क्लान्तमना राजन्नुपायाद् द्रोणमीक्षितुम् । आगस्कृत् सर्वलोकस्य पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ ॥

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
क्लान्तमनाwith a weary mind
क्लान्तमना:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्लान्तमनस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
उपायात्went near / approached
उपायात्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-या
FormAorist, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्रोणम्Drona
द्रोणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ईक्षितुम्to see
ईक्षितुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootईक्ष्
FormTumun (infinitive)
आगस्कृत्having committed an offence; offender
आगस्कृत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआगस्कृत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वलोकस्यof all the people/world
सर्वलोकस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वलोक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेyour
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular, 2
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
D
Droṇa
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son (Duryodhana implied)
B
Bharatas

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the moral weight of wrongdoing: when one becomes blameworthy before society (sarvaloka), inner fatigue and remorse arise, driving the person to seek guidance from an authority figure (here, the teacher Droṇa).

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that his son, mentally worn down by his thoughts and conscious of his culpability, goes to Droṇa to meet him—implying a turn toward counsel and strategy amid the unfolding war.