Shloka 1

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

ऑफ क्राछ पज्चविशो< ध्याय: है ६ और उलूकका युद्ध

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yuyutsuṁ tava putrasya drāvayantaṁ balaṁ mahat | ulūko nyapatat tūrṇaṁ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: “Tâu Đại vương, ở phía bên kia, Yuyutsu đang dồn đẩy đại quân của các hoàng tử bệ hạ phải lùi lại. Thấy vậy, Ulūka lập tức lao tới và hô lớn với Yuyutsu: ‘Đứng lại! Đứng lại!’”

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युयुत्सुम्: Yuyutsu
• युयुत्सुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• द्रावयन्तम्: driving away, routing
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रावयत् (द्रावय् < द्रु + णिच्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: army/force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great, huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उलूकः: Uluka
• उलूकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्यपतत्: fell upon, rushed down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, नि

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• तिष्ठ: stand (still)! / stop!
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तिष्ठ: stand (still)! / stop!
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Yuyutsu
• Ulūka
• Kaurava army

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid mass warfare, individual agency and allegiance matter: Yuyutsu’s effectiveness against his own side highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension between birth-based loyalty and chosen dharma, while Ulūka’s command ‘Stand!’ frames the kṣatriya expectation of facing a challenger rather than relying on numbers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Yuyutsu is pushing back the Kaurava forces. Ulūka quickly arrives to confront him directly and challenges him to stop and fight.