Shloka 6

Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनपुरोगाश्व भ्रातर: सर्व एव ते । गान्धारराज: सुबल: शकुनिश्च महाबल:

Transliteration

duryodhana-purogāś ca bhrātaraḥ sarva eva te | gāndhāra-rājaḥ subalaḥ śakuniś ca mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—دُریودھن کو آگے رکھ کر اُس کے سب بھائی وہاں موجود تھے؛ اور گاندھار کا راجا سُبَل اور نہایت زورآور شَکُنی بھی۔

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनपुरोगाः: having Duryodhana in front; led by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनपुरोगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधन-पुरोग (पुरोग)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• गान्धारराजः: the king of Gandhāra
• गान्धारराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धार-राज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुबलः: Subala (name)
• सुबलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: Śakuni (name)
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाबलः: very strong/mighty
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• the Kaurava brothers
• Gandhāra
• Subala
• Śakuni
• Vaiśampāyana