Shloka 41

शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः

Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel

Devanagari script

तत्राद्भुतं परं चक्रे शल्य: शत्रुनिबर्हण: । यदेक: समरे शूरो योधयामास वै बहून्‌,उस रणभूमिमें शत्रुसूदन शूरवीर शल्यने यह बड़ा अद्भुत पराक्रम किया कि अकेले ही वे उन बहुसंख्यक वीरोंके साथ युद्ध करते रहे

Transliteration

tatrādbhutaṃ paraṃ cakre śalyaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ | yad ekaḥ samare śūro yodhayāmāsa vai bahūn |

Translation

ในสนามรบนั้น ศัลยะผู้ปราบศัตรูได้กระทำวีรกรรมอันน่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง—วีรบุรุษผู้นั้นเพียงลำพังยังคงเข้าประจัญบานกับศัตรูหมู่มาก

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that situation
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अद्भुतम्: a wondrous (deed)
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme; extraordinary
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रे: did; performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत्रु-निबर्हणः: destroyer of enemies
• शत्रु-निबर्हणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुनिबर्हण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: that (in that/inasmuch as)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• एकः: alone; single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शूरः: hero; brave warrior
• शूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योधयामास: made (them) fight; fought (against)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• बहून्: many (warriors)
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi/samara)