Shloka 17

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

त॑ विसंज्ञ निपतितं दृष्टवा श्यालं तवानघ

Transliteration

taṁ visaṁjñaṁ nipatitaṁ dṛṣṭvā śyālaṁ tavānagha

Translation

హే అనఘా! నీ బావ (శ్యాలుడు) స్పృహతప్పి పడిపోయినదాన్ని చూసి…

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (person)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विसंज्ञम्: unconscious, senseless
• विसंज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विसंज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निपतितम्: fallen down
• निपतितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• श्यालम्: brother-in-law
• श्यालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्याल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O blameless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the addressee (anagha)
• the addressee’s brother-in-law (śyāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds the human cost of war: even amid martial duty, the sight of a close relative lying unconscious confronts the observer with grief, kinship obligations, and the ethical weight of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates to the blameless addressee that, upon seeing the addressee’s brother-in-law fallen and unconscious on the battlefield, the next reaction or ensuing events are about to be described.