Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तस्याज्ञां शिरसा योधा: परिगृहा[ विशाम्पते | विवर्णवदना राजन्‌ न्‍्यविशन्त महारथा:,प्रजानाथ! वे सब महारथी योद्धा दुर्योधनकी आज्ञा शिरोधार्य करके शिबिरमें प्रविष्ट हुए। उन सबके मुखोंकी कान्ति फीकी पड़ गयी थी

Transliteration

tasyājñāṃ śirasā yodhāḥ parigṛhya viśāṃpate | vivarṇavadanā rājan nyaviśanta mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“噢，民之主宰！那些战士将他的命令顶戴于首，以示顺从，遂入营寨。大王啊，那些大车战士面色尽失而入——这是内心震骇与不祥预感的外在征象，承受着战争与职责的重负。”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him (Duryodhana)
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आज्ञाम्: command, order
• आज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शिरसा: with (their) head; on the head (as a mark of acceptance)
• शिरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परिगृह्य: having accepted / having taken up (i.e., having complied with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विवर्ण-वदनाः: having pale faces
• विवर्ण-वदनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवर्णवदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न्यविशन्त: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• the mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• the camp (śibira, implied by narrative context)
• the King addressed (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by Sañjaya’s address)