Shloka 46

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

तानहं प्रमथिष्यामि तृणानीव हुताशन: । तस्मात्‌ सर्वानुपासंगान्‌ सर्वोपकरणानि च

Transliteration

tān ahaṃ pramathiṣyāmi tṛṇānīva hutāśanaḥ | tasmāt sarvānupāsaṅgān sarvopakaraṇāni ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I shall crush them like dry blades of grass before a blazing fire. Therefore, let all attachments and all implements (for action) be gathered and made ready.”

Word by Word

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमथिष्यामि: I will crush / destroy
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मथ्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तृणानि: straws / blades of grass
• तृणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• हुताशनः: fire (lit. eater of offerings)
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपासंगान्: attachments / close associations
• उपासंगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपासंग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वोपकरणानि: all implements / all equipment
• सर्वोपकरणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वोपकरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• hutāśana (fire)