Shloka 186

Devanagari script

सुरैरवध्या: संग्रामे तेन वीरेण निर्जिता: । “देवशत्रु निवातकवच नामक दानव, जिन्हें संग्राममें देवता भी नहीं मार सकते थे, उसी वीर अर्जुनसे पराजित हुए हैं

Transliteration

surair avadhyāḥ saṅgrāme tena vīreṇa nirjitāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In battle, those foes who were deemed unkillable even by the gods were nevertheless overcome by that heroic warrior.

Word by Word

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अवध्याः: un-slayable
• अवध्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वीरेण: by the hero
• वीरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निर्जिताः: defeated / conquered
• निर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्जि (नि + जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Devas (gods)
• Nivātakavaca (Dānava, implied by the contextual gloss)