Shloka 10

अध्याय १ — न्यग्रोधवनोपवेशनम् तथा द्रौणिनिश्चयः

Night at the Banyan and Drauṇi’s Resolve

Devanagari script

अद्विसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम संजय । हत॑ पुत्रशतं श्र॒त्वा यन्न दीर्ण सहस्र्धा

Transliteration

advisāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama saṃjaya | hataṃ putraśataṃ śrutvā yan na dīrṇaṃ sahasradhā ||

Translation

अद्विसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम संजय । हतं पुत्रशतं श्रुत्वा यन्न दीर्णं सहस्रधा ॥

Word by Word

• अद्विसारमयम्: made of the essence of stone (stone-hard)
• अद्विसारमयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्वि-सार-मय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हतम्: slain, killed
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रशतम्: a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• दीर्णम्: torn, split
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (दीर्ण)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्रधा: into a thousand pieces/ways
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रधा

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied as the speaker addressing Sañjaya)
• the hundred sons (Kauravas, implied)