Shloka 26

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

Devanagari script

दृष्टवार्जुनो निमित्तानि विजयाय प्रदक्षिणम्‌ युयुधानं महेष्वासमिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌,अर्जुनने अपने दाहिने प्रकट होनेवाले उन विजयसूचक शुभ लक्षणोंको देखकर महाधनुर्धर सात्यकिसे इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

dṛṣṭvārjuno nimittāni vijayāya pradakṣiṇam |

yuyudhānaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

दृष्ट्वार्जुनो निमित्तानि विजयाय प्रदक्षिणम् । युयुधानं महेष्वासमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), non-finite

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निमित्तानि: omens/signs
• निमित्तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमित्त
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• विजयाय: for victory
• विजयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• प्रदक्षिणम्: rightward/auspicious (on the right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदक्षिण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• युयुधानम्: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महेष्वासम्: great bowman
• महेष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (pronoun base: इद)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अत्र: here/then
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र
• Form: true

• अवित्: said/spoke
• अवित्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), parasmaipada, 3rd, singular, active

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• omens (nimitta)
• right side / auspicious rightward sign (pradakṣiṇa)