Shloka 87

Bhaṇḍāsurāhaṅkāra

The Mustering of the Daitya Forces and the Roar of War

Devanagari script

क्षणं सहस्व समरे मयैवैष नियोत्स्यते / याचितासि सखित्वेन नात्र संशयमाचर

Transliteration

kṣaṇaṃ sahasva samare mayaivaiṣa niyotsyate / yācitāsi sakhitvena nātra saṃśayamācara

Translation

اصبري لحظةً في ساحة القتال؛ فهذه المبارزة سأخوضها أنا بنفسي. لقد سألتِني بحقّ الصداقة؛ فلا تُدخلي الشكّ إلى قلبك هنا.

Word by Word

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; adverbial accusative (कालाधिकरणार्थे)

• sahasva: endure, be patient
• sahasva: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sah (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Imperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada, 2nd person, Singular

• samare: in battle
• samare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्ता-करण; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• eva: indeed, alone
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)

• eṣaḥ: this one (he)
• eṣaḥ: Karma (कर्म; subject of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• niyotsyate: will be fought, will be engaged (in combat)
• niyotsyate: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-yudh (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Future (लृट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; passive-like sense ‘will be fought/engaged’ (epic usage)

• yācitā: (you) have been requested
• yācitā: Karta (कर्ता; predicate to ‘tvam’ implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (धातु)
• Form: Kridanta, past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively; Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (क्रिया/copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular

• sakhitvena: by (our) friendship
• sakhitvena: Hetu/Karana (हेतु/करण; by virtue of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhitva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; abstract noun in -tva

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, negation particle

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• saṃśayam: doubt
• saṃśayam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ācara: practice, entertain (do)
• ācara: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-car (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular