Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दौ:शासनिं च विक्रान्तं लक्ष्मणं चात्मजावुभौ । एतांश्वान्यांश्व सुबहून्‌ मदीयांश्व सहस्रश:

Transliteration

dauḥśāsaniṃ ca vikrāntaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ cātmajāv ubhau | etāṃś cānyāṃś ca bahūn madīyāṃś ca sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“（我见到）杜沙萨那那勇猛的儿子，以及罗什摩那，并那两位儿子；此外还有许多许多——我方阵营中成千上万的战士。”

Word by Word

• दौःशासनिम्: Duhshasana’s son (Dauḥśāsani)
• दौःशासनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौःशासनि (दुःशासन-सम्बन्धी/दुःशासनस्य पुत्रः)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विक्रान्तम्: valiant, mighty
• विक्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रान्त (वि+क्रम्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लक्ष्मणम्: Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• आत्मजौ: two sons
• आत्मजौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मदीयान्: my (own)
• मदीयान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana (via 'son of Duḥśāsana')
• Lakṣmaṇa
• two sons (ātmajau ubhau)
• Kaurava warriors (madīyāḥ, implied collective)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the vast scale of war and the tragic expendability of even renowned and valiant warriors; ethical reflection arises from seeing how pride in numbers and might still leads to mass destruction and the erosion of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the presence and valor of specific Kaurava fighters—naming the son of Duḥśāsana, Lakṣmaṇa, and two sons—along with many other Kaurava warriors in the thousands, as part of the ongoing battle account in Śalya Parva.