Shloka 7

अलर्कोपाख्यानम् — Indriya-Nigraha and Yogic Victory

Mahābhārata 14.30

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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

Translation

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

Word by Word

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, 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
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Future, 3, Plural

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, 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: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• 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, 3, Plural

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

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

Speaker

मन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Manas (Mind, personified)
• Alarka
• Arrows (bāṇāḥ)
• Vital points (marma)