Shloka 19

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

हया: पराजिता: शीघ्रा भारद्वाजरथोद्वहा: । ते सम रुक्मरथे युक्ता नरवीरसमास्थिता:

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |

hayāḥ parājitāḥ śīghrā bhāradvāja-rathodvahāḥ |

te sama rukma-rathe yuktā nara-vīra-samāsthitāḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “Ang matatuling kabayong humihila sa karwahe ni Bhāradvāja ay napasuko na. Ngunit ang mga kabayong iyon din, nang muling ikinabit sa karwaheng pinalamutian ng ginto, ay nananatiling matatag sa ilalim ng pamamatnubay ng mga bayaning mandirigma.”

Word by Word

• हयाः: horses
• हयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पराजिताः: defeated/overpowered
• पराजिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराजित (√जि with परा-, past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शीघ्राः: swift
• शीघ्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भारद्वाज-रथ-उद्वहाः: the chariot-bearers/drivers of Bharadvaja (Drona)
• भारद्वाज-रथ-उद्वहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वह (ud+√vah) (as noun/adj: bearer/driver); with qualifiers भारद्वाज, रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्: together/fully
• सम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• रुक्म-रथे: in/on the golden chariot
• रुक्म-रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युक्ताः: yoked/harnessed
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (√युज्, past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नर-वीर-समास्थिताः: mounted/occupied by heroic men
• नर-वीर-समास्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समास्थित (सम्+आ+√स्था, past participle); with qualifiers नर, वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• horses
• golden chariot (rukma-ratha)