Shloka 5

दुःशासननिग्रहः—द्रोणधृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धप्रसङ्गः

Rebuke of Duḥśāsana; Context of the Droṇa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Combat

Devanagari script

विराटश्न महाराज तावुभौ समरे स्थितौ । पराकान्तौ पराक्रम्य योधयामास सानुगौ,महाराज! राजा विराटने भी समरभूमिमें अनुचरोंसहित खड़े हुए उन दोनों पराक्रमी वीरोंके साथ पराक्रमपूर्वक युद्ध किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | virāṭaś ca mahārāja tāv ubhau samare sthitau | parākrāntau parākramya yodhayāmāsa sānugau ||

Translation

మహారాజా! రాజు విరాటుడును సమరభూమిలో అనుచరులతో కూడి స్థిరముగా నిలిచిన ఆ ఇద్దరు పరాక్రమవంతులపై పరాక్రమముతో యుద్ధము చేసెను.

Word by Word

• विराटः: Virāṭa (the king)
• विराटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्थितौ: standing, stationed
• स्थितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पराकान्तौ: very handsome/illustrious (in prowess)
• पराकान्तौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराकान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• पराक्रम्य: having exerted valor; valiantly
• पराक्रम्य: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पराक्रम्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Active

• योधयामास: fought (made war against)
• योधयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (णिच्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुगौ: with (his) two attendants/followers
• अनुगौ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Virāṭa
• two mighty warriors (unnamed in this verse)
• anugas (followers/attendants)