Shloka 70

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

अद्य मे युध्यमानस्य सह गाण्डीवधन्चना । द्रक्ष्यन्ति विक्रमं पार्था: कालस्येव युगक्षये,“आज गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनके साथ युद्ध करते समय कुन्तीके सभी पुत्र प्रलयकालमें कालके समान मेरा पराक्रम देखेंगे

Transliteration

adya me yudhyamānasya saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā | drakṣyanti vikramaṃ pārthāḥ kālasyeva yugakṣaye ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today, as I fight face to face with Arjuna, the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, the sons of Kuntī will behold my prowess—like that of Time itself at the dissolution of an age.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• युध्यमानस्य: of (me) fighting
• युध्यमानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• गाण्डीवधन्वना: with the bearer of the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna)
• गाण्डीवधन्वना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यन्ति: will see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विक्रमम्: valor / prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थाः: the sons of Pṛthā (Kuntī’s sons / Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालस्य: of Time / Death
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• युगक्षये: at the end of an age (at the dissolution)
• युगक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva
• Pārthas (sons of Kuntī/Pāṇḍavas)
• Kāla (Time/Death)
• yuga-kṣaya (end of an age)