Shloka 26

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

नमस्तस्मै सुपूज्याय गौतमायापलायिने

Transliteration

namas tasmai supūjyāya gautamāyāpalāyine

Translation

সেই পৰম পূজনীয়, অতি সন্মানীয় গৌতমবংশীয়ক নমস্কাৰ—যিয়ে কৰ্তব্য বা বিপদৰ পৰা কেতিয়াও পলায়ন নকৰে।

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable interjection)

• तस्मै: to him/that one
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• सुपूज्याय: to the highly venerable
• सुपूज्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपूज्य
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• गौतमाय: to Gautama
• गौतमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अपलायिने: to the one who does not flee; steadfast
• अपलायिने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपलायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gautama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse commends steadfastness: the truly honorable person is one who does not abandon duty out of fear. In a war-ethics setting, “not fleeing” signals courage joined to responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya offers a formal salutation, praising a figure named Gautama as supremely worthy of honor and as one who does not retreat. It functions as a brief encomium within the ongoing war narration.