Shloka 906

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

पुत्राणां ते महासैन्यमासीद्‌ राजन्‌ पराड्मुखम्‌ | राजन्‌! उन आक्रमणकारी वीरोंके असह् वेगको देखकर आपके पुत्रोंकी विशाल सेना युद्धसे विमुख होकर भाग चली

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | putrāṇāṃ te mahāsainyam āsīd rājan parāṅmukham | rājan, tān ākramaṇakārī-vīrāṇām asahya-vegaṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putrāṇāṃ viśālā senā yuddhāt vimukhībhūya palāyitā |

Translation

Sanjaya said: O King, your sons’ vast army turned its face away. Seeing the unbearable onrush of those attacking heroes, the great host of your sons lost heart, turned away from battle, and fled. The scene underscores how fear and loss of resolve can undo even a large force when confronted by superior valor and momentum.

Word by Word

• पुत्राणाम्: of (your) sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

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

• पराङ्मुखम्: turned away; facing away
• पराङ्मुखम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• sons of Dhritarashtra (Kauravas)
• the attacking heroes (unnamed)