Shloka 10

कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies

Devanagari script

रोचते मे महाबाहो क्रियतां यदनन्तरम्‌ | नायकास्तव सेनायां क्रियन्तामिह सप्त वै,महाबाहो! मुझे आपकी बात ठीक लगती है; अतः इस समय जो आवश्यक कर्तव्य है, उसका पालन कीजिये। अपनी सेनाके सात सेनापतियोंको यहाँ निश्चित कर लीजिये

Transliteration

rocate me mahābāho kriyatāṁ yad anantaram | nāyakās tava senāyāṁ kriyantām iha sapta vai ||

Translation

रोचते मे महाबाहो क्रियतां यदनन्तरम् । नायकास्तव सेनायां क्रियन्तामिह सप्त वै ॥

Word by Word

rocateis pleasing/appeals

meto me

mahābāhoO mighty-armed one

kriyatāmlet it be done / do (it)

yatwhat/that which

anantaramnext/thereafter/that which follows

nāyakāḥleaders/captains

tavayour

senāyāmin (your) army

kriyantāmlet them be made/appointed

ihahere

saptaseven

vaiindeed/certainly

mahābāhoO mighty-armed one

Speaker

कृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛṣṇa

mahābāhu (addressee)

senā (army)

sapta nāyakāḥ (seven commanders)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes