Shloka 253

Devanagari script

नासुरोरगरक्षांसि क्षपयेयु: सहायुधम्‌ | “हाथमें धनुष धारण किये हुए अर्जुनको न तो धनाध्यक्ष कुबेर, न इन्द्र, न यमराज, न जलके स्वामी वरुण और न असुर, नाग एवं राक्षस ही नष्ट कर सकते हैं

Transliteration

nāsuroragarakṣāṃsi kṣapayeyuḥ sahāyudham |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Arjuna, bow in hand, cannot be destroyed by Kubera, lord of wealth, nor by Indra, nor by Yama, nor by Varuṇa, master of the waters; even the Asuras, Nāgas, and Rākṣasas—though armed—would not be able to destroy him.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असुराः: asuras (demons)
• असुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उरगाः: serpents (nāgas)
• उरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रक्षांसि: rākṣasas (demons)
• रक्षांसि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• क्षपयेयुः: could destroy / would be able to destroy
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• आयुधम्: weapon(s) / armament
• आयुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Asuras
• Nāgas (Uraga)
• Rākṣasas