Shloka 126

Devanagari script

विमोक्ष्ये कवचं राजन्‌ सत्येनायुधमालभे । “राजन! मैं सत्यकी शपथ खाकर अपने धनुषको छूते हुए कहता हूँ कि “युद्धमें पराक्रम करके समस्त पांचालोंका वध किये बिना कवच नहीं उतारूँगा”

Transliteration

vimokṣye kavacaṃ rājan satyenāyudham ālabhe |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, I swear by truth, touching my weapon: I will not remove my armour until, having displayed my prowess in battle, I have slain all the Pāñcālas.” The vow underscores a warrior’s binding commitment, where truth is invoked as a moral witness even amid the violence of war.

Word by Word

• विमोक्ष्ये: I will remove / I will take off
• विमोक्ष्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• कवचम्: armor
• कवचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवच
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सत्येन: by truth / with an oath of truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• आयुधम्: weapon
• आयुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आलभे: I touch / I lay hold of
• आलभे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+लभ्
• Form: Laṭ (present), 1, singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• kavaca (armour)
• āyudha (weapon/bow)
• Pāñcālas