Shloka 65

Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)

Devanagari script

यत्र शान्तनवं हत्वा राज्यमिच्छन्ति पाण्डवा: । ऋषियोंने क्षत्रियोंका यह धर्म अत्यन्त कठोर निश्चित किया है, जिसमें रहते हुए पाण्डव शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मको मारकर राज्य लेना चाहते हैं ।। ६४ हे ।। वयं वा राज्यमिच्छामो घातयित्वा महाव्रतम्‌

Transliteration

yatra śāntanavaṁ hatvā rājyam icchanti pāṇḍavāḥ | vayaṁ vā rājyam icchāmo ghātayitvā mahāvratam ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “In this war, the Pāṇḍavas seek the kingdom by slaying Śāntanava (Bhīṣma), and we too desire the kingdom by causing the death of that great vow-bound elder. Such is the harsh, uncompromising kṣatriya code that the seers have laid down—where sovereignty is pursued even at the cost of killing the most revered.”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• शान्तनवम्: the son of Śāntanu (Bhīṣma)
• शान्तनवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable; prior action

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• इच्छन्ति: desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: present (लट्), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, plural

• वा: or / indeed (alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा
• Form: indeclinable (particle)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• इच्छामः: we desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: present (लट्), parasmaipada, 1st person, plural

• घातयित्वा: having caused to be slain / having slain (causative nuance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (णिच् of हन्)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; causative sense

• महाव्रतम्: the great vow (one of great vows)
• महाव्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाव्रत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bhīṣma (Śāntanava, Mahāvrata)