Shloka 243

Devanagari script

अक्षयं क्षपयेत्‌ वक्षित्‌ क्षत्रिय: क्षत्रियर्ष भम्‌ । “नरेश्वर! अपने तेजसे प्रज्वलित होनेवाले क्षत्रिय-शिरोमणि गाण्डीवधारी अविनाशी अर्जुनको कौन क्षत्रिय मार सकता है?

Transliteration

akṣayaṃ kṣapayeta vakṣit kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabham | nareśvara! svena tejasā prajvalitaṃ kṣatriya-śiromaṇiṃ gāṇḍīvadhāriṇam avināśinam arjunaṃ kaḥ kṣatriyo hantuṃ śaknoti?

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, what warrior could ever destroy that imperishable Arjuna—the bull among kṣatriyas, the crest-jewel of fighters—who blazes with his own splendor and bears the Gāṇḍīva?”

Word by Word

• अक्षयम्: imperishable (one)
• अक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षपयेत्: could destroy / would destroy
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षप् (क्षपयति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वक्षित्: said / spoken (one) (i.e., he said)
• वक्षित्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (वक्ति)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, irregular form), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियः: a Kshatriya (warrior)
• क्षत्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियर्षभम्: the bull among Kshatriyas / best of warriors
• क्षत्रियर्षभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (Nareśvara)
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva