Shloka 63

Devanagari script

|| अथोक्क्ुष्टं महाराज धार्तराष्ट्री: समन्‍्तत:

Transliteration

athokkuṣṭaṃ mahārāja dhārtarāṣṭrīḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Tâu đại vương, khi ấy những người phụ nữ trong gia tộc Dhṛtarāṣṭra đã đồng loạt cất tiếng kêu khóc vang dội khắp bốn phía.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• उत्कृष्टम्: raised up; exalted; loud (shout)
• उत्कृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कृष्ट
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• धार्तराष्ट्र्यः: the women of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s line (Kaurava women)
• धार्तराष्ट्र्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides; all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhārtarāṣṭrīḥ (women of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s household)