Mahabharata 11.2.14 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 14

Strī Parva, Adhyāya 2 — Vidura’s Consolation on Kāla, Karma, and the Limits of Lamentation (विदुरोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

हतो5पि लभते स्वर्ग हत्वा च लभते यश: । उभयं नो बहुगुणं नास्ति निष्फलता रणे

Translation

Wer im Krieg fällt, erlangt den Himmel; wer den Feind erschlägt, erlangt Ruhm. Beides ist uns von großem Nutzen; in der Schlacht gibt es kein vergebliches Mühen.

Word by Word

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

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

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular, लट्

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

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

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular, लट्

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उभयम्: both (things)
• उभयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नः: for us/of us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• बहुगुणम्: highly beneficial (many-fold good)
• बहुगुणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुगुण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular, लट्

• निष्फलता: fruitlessness/failure
• निष्फलता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्फलता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

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