Shloka 24

Kṛṣṇopadeśa and Duryodhana’s Challenge

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 77

Devanagari script

तथाभियामि संग्रामं न जीयेयं जयामि च । तेन सत्येन संग्रामे हतं विद्धि जयद्रथम्‌

Transliteration

tathābhiyāmi saṅgrāmaṃ na jīyeyaṃ jayāmi ca | tena satyena saṅgrāme hataṃ viddhi jayadratham ||

Translation

قال أرجونا: «هكذا أدخل هذه المعركة: لن أُهزَم، ولا أطلب الظفر لذاته. وبقوة هذه الحقيقة، فاعلموا أن جايادراثا (Jayadratha) في هذا القتال كأنه قد قُتل بالفعل».

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अभियामि: I go forth/advance (against)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada

• संग्रामम्: battle
• संग्रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जीयेयम्: I should win / may I win
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 1st, singular, Atmanepada

• जयामि: I win
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada

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

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• सत्येन: by (this) truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), masculine, accusative, singular

• विद्धि: know (you), understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Lot (imperative), 2nd, singular, Parasmaipada

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Jayadratha
• battle (saṅgrāma)