Shloka 6

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

सुरासुरैरवध्यं तं देवब्राह्मणकण्टकम्‌

Transliteration

surāsurair avadhyaṃ taṃ devabrāhmaṇakaṇṭakam

Translation

قال نارَدَة: «كان ذلك الرجل عصيًّا على القتل حتى على الآلهة والشياطين—غير أنّه صار شوكةً في جنب الدِّيفات والبراهِمَنة.»

Word by Word

• सुरासुरैः: by the gods and the demons
• सुरासुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अवध्यं: invincible; not to be slain
• अवध्यं: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him; that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवब्राह्मणकण्टकम्: a thorn (bane) to gods and brahmins
• देवब्राह्मणकण्टकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ब्राह्मण + कण्टक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Suras (Devas)
• Asuras
• Brāhmaṇas