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Shloka 19

Book 10, Adhyāya 12: Aśvatthāmā’s Request for the Cakra and the Brahmaśiras Context

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपरवनें अश्वत्थामाके वधके लिये भीमसेनका प्रस्थानविषयक ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

yach chhaknoṣi samudyantuṁ prayoktum api vā raṇe | tad gṛhāṇa vināstreṇa yan me dātum abhīpsasi ||

রণক্ষেত্রে তুমি যে অস্ত্র তুলতে পারো কিংবা চালাতে পারো, সেটিই গ্রহণ কর; তুমি যা আমার কাছ থেকে পেতে চাও, তা আমি আনুষ্ঠানিক দান না করলেও—নিজ শক্তিতে—তাই নিয়ে নাও।

यत्whatever (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शक्नोषिyou are able
शक्नोषि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
समुद्यन्तुम्to lift up / to raise
समुद्यन्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उद्-यम्
FormInfinitive (Tumun)
प्रयोक्तुम्to employ / to use
प्रयोक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-युज्
FormInfinitive (Tumun)
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गृहाणtake (it)!
गृहाण:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
विनाwithout
विना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना
अस्त्रेणwith a weapon; (here) the weapon (as instrument/means)
अस्त्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
यत्whatever (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative/Genitive, Singular
दातुम्to give
दातुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormInfinitive (Tumun)
अभीप्ससिyou desire / you wish
अभीप्ससि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-इष्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
A
Aśvatthāmā
B
Bhīmasena
A
astra (weapon/missile)
R
raṇa (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

Martial entitlement is tied to proven capability and courage: in the ethics of kṣatriya conduct, one should claim only what one can actually bear and wield, especially in war where boasting or bargaining for weapons is morally suspect.

A speaker issues a direct battlefield challenge: instead of formally handing over a desired weapon (astra), he tells the opponent to take whichever weapon he can physically lift or use in combat—turning the request into a test of strength and readiness.