Shloka 72

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

भारमेतं विनेष्यामि पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ | अर्जनो हि शरैस्तीक3्षणैर्वध्यमानो5पि संयुगे

Transliteration

bhāram etaṁ vineṣyāmi pāṇḍavānāṁ mahātmanām | arjano hi śarais tīkṣṇair vadhyamāno 'pi saṁyuge

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I shall remove this burden that weighs upon the great-souled Pāṇḍavas. For Arjuna, even though assailed in battle by sharp arrows, still stands firm in the fight.”

Word by Word

• भारम्: burden
• भारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विनेष्यामि: I shall remove / carry off / destroy
• विनेष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयति) + वि
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वध्यमानः: being slain / being struck down
• वध्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Present passive participle (Śatṛ/Śānac in passive sense), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even / although
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Arjuna
• arrows