Shloka 16

Devanagari script

इष्वस्त्रे चास्त्रसंधाने लाघवे<स्त्रबले तथा । सदृश: फाल्गुनेनासि कृष्णेन च महात्मना,“बाण चलाने, दिव्यास्त्रोंका संधान करने, फुर्ती दिखाने तथा अस्त्रबलमें तुम अर्जुन तथा महात्मा श्रीकृष्णके समान हो

Transliteration

iṣv-astre cāstra-sandhāne lāghave ’strabale tathā | sadṛśaḥ phālgunenāsi kṛṣṇena ca mahātmanā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the use of arrows and weapons, in the fitting and deployment of divine missiles, in quickness of action, and in sheer martial power, you are equal to Arjuna (Phālguna) and to the great-souled Kṛṣṇa.”

Word by Word

• इष्वस्त्रे: in archery (in the use of arrows/weapons)
• इष्वस्त्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्वस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अस्त्रसंधाने: in the application/setting of missiles (divine weapons)
• अस्त्रसंधाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रसंधान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लाघवे: in quickness/agility
• लाघवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाघव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अस्त्रबले: in strength/power of weapons
• अस्त्रबले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रबल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सदृशः: similar/equal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• फाल्गुनेन: with/like Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृष्णेन: with/like Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• महात्मना: with/like the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Phālguna)
• Kṛṣṇa