Shloka 13

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

त्रियोजनगतस्यापि तसस्‍्य यास्याम्यहं पदम्‌ । आसैन्धववधाद्‌ राजन सुदृढेनान्तरात्मना,“राजन! अर्जुनके तीन योजन दूर चले जानेपर भी मैं जयद्रथ-वधके पहले ही सुदृढ़ हृदयसे अर्जुनके स्थानपर पहुँच जाऊँगा

Transliteration

triyojanagatasyāpi tasya yāsyāmy ahaṁ padam | āsaindhavavadhād rājan sudr̥ḍhenāntarātmanā ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, selbst wenn er drei Yojanas weit gegangen ist, werde ich doch seine Stellung erreichen—noch vor der Tötung Saindhavas—durch die unbeugsame Entschlossenheit meines Innersten.“

Word by Word

• त्रि: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: —, —, —

• योजन: yojana (a measure of distance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन
• Form: Neuter, —, —

• गतस्य: of (him) who has gone
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• तस्य: of him (Arjuna)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• पदम्: place/position/footing
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आ: up to/until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• सैन्धव: the Sindhu prince (Jayadratha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• वधात्: from (the act of) killing; before the killing (ablative used with 'ā' = 'until/before')
• वधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुदृढेन: with firm/strong
• सुदृढेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदृढ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्तरात्मना: with (my) inner self/heart
• अन्तरात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sanjaya)
• राजन् / धृतराष्ट्र (King Dhritarashtra)
• आसैन्धव / जयद्रथ (Saindhava/Jayadratha)
• अर्जुन (Arjuna, implied)