Shloka 17

द्रोणपर्व अध्याय ६७ — अर्जुनस्य प्रवेशः, श्रुतायुध-वधः, सुदक्षिण-वधः

Arjuna’s advance; deaths of Śrutāyudha and Sudakṣiṇa

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्ष तस्य हव्यानि प्रतिगृह्नन्ति देवता:

Transliteration

pratyakṣaṃ tasya havyāni pratigṛhṇanti devatāḥ

Translation

नारद उवाच—तस्य हव्यानीह प्रत्यक्षं देवताः प्रतिगृह्णन्ति।

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly, in person
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हव्यानि: oblations (offerings to be offered into fire)
• हव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतिगृह्णन्ति: accept, receive
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Present tense (Lat), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• devatāḥ (the gods)
• havyāni (sacrificial oblations)