Shloka 26

आयोधनदर्शनम्

Viewing the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra

Devanagari script

पज्चालानां कुरूणां च विनाशे मधुसूदन । पञ्चानामपि भूतानामहं वधमचिन्तयम्‌,“मधुसूदन! इन पांचाल और कौरववीरोंके मारे जानेसे तो मेरे मनमें यह धारणा हो रही है कि पाँचों भूतोंका ही विनाश हो गया

Transliteration

Pañcālānāṁ Kurūṇāṁ ca vināśe Madhusūdana | pañcānām api bhūtānām ahaṁ vadham acintayam ||

Translation

“হে মধুসূদন, পাঞ্চাল ও কুরুদের বিনাশ দেখে আমার মনে হলো—যেন পঞ্চ মহাভূতই নিহত হয়েছে।”

Word by Word

• पाञ्चालानाम्: of the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• कुरूणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• विनाशे: in/at the destruction
• विनाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Krishna)
• मधुसूदन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पञ्चानाम्: of five
• पञ्चानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भूतानाम्: of beings/elements
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• वधम्: slaughter/killing
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अचिन्तयम्: I thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāñcālas
• Kurūs
• pañca-bhūta (five elements)