Shloka 13

अलर्कोपाख्यानम् — Indriya-Nigraha and Yogic Victory

Mahābhārata 14.30

Devanagari script

जिल्बोवाच नेमे बाणास्तरिष्यन्ति मामलर्क कथंचन । तवैव मर्म भेत्स्यन्ति भिन्नमर्मा मरिष्यसि

Transliteration

jilbovāca neme bāṇāstariṣyanti mām alarka kathaṃcana | tavaiva marma bhetsyanti bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi ||

Translation

Jilba said: “Alarka, these arrows will not miss me in any way. Rather, they will strike your own vital points; with your vital organs pierced, you will die.”

Word by Word

• जिल्बः: Jilba (proper name)
• जिल्बः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिल्ब
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• 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, will pass through
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Simple Future, 3rd, Plural

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

• अलर्क: O Alarka
• 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: Simple Future, 3rd, Plural

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

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

Speaker

अलर्क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• जिल्ब (Jilba)
• अलर्क (Alarka)
• बाण (arrows)
• मर्म (vital points)