Shloka 10

अलर्कोपाख्यानम् — Indriya-Nigraha and Yogic Victory

Mahābhārata 14.30

Devanagari script

प्राण उवाच नेमे बाणास्तरिष्यन्ति मामलर्क कथंचन । तवैव मर्म भेत्स्यन्ति भिन्नमर्मा मरिष्यसि

Transliteration

prāṇa uvāca: neme bāṇās tariṣyanti mām alarka kathaṃcana | tavaiva marma bhetsyanti bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi ||

Translation

Prāṇa said: “Alarka, these arrows will not overcome me in any way. Rather, they will strike your own vital points; once your vital spots are pierced, you will die.”

Word by Word

• प्राणः: Prāṇa (the vital breath/life)
• प्राणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बाणाः: arrows
• बाणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तरिष्यन्ति: will cross/overcome
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Future, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अलर्क: O Alarka
• अलर्क: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलर्क
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मर्म: vital spot
• मर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भेत्स्यन्ति: will pierce/split
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Future, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भिन्नमर्मा: one whose vital spot is pierced
• भिन्नमर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न-मर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मरिष्यसि: you will die
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ
• Form: Future, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

प्राण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• प्राण (Prāṇa)
• अलर्क (Alarka)
• बाण (arrows)
• मर्म (vital points)