Shloka 296

Devanagari script

विसृष्टशस्त्रो निहतः कि तत्र क्रूर दुष्कृतम्‌ । ओ क्रूर! मैंने तो पहलेसे ही युद्धके मैदानमें दिव्यास्त्रद्वारा द्रोणाचार्यको मथ डाला था। फिर वे हथियार डालकर मारे गये, तो उसमें मैंने कौन-सा पाप कर डाला

Transliteration

visṛṣṭaśastro nihataḥ ki tatra krūra duṣkṛtam | o krūra! mayā tu pūrvaiva yuddhakṣetre divyāstradvārā droṇācāryo mathito 'bhavat | punaḥ sa śastrāṇi tyaktvā hataḥ, tatra mayā ko nāma pāpaḥ kṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “If a man who has cast away his weapons is slain, what cruelty or wrongdoing is there in that? O cruel one, I had already crushed Droṇācārya on the battlefield by means of divine missiles. If afterward he was killed when he had laid down his arms, what sin did I truly commit?”

Word by Word

• विसृष्ट-शस्त्रः: having cast away his weapons / weaponless
• विसृष्ट-शस्त्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विसृष्ट (वि+सृज्, क्त) + शस्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निहतः: slain
• निहतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि+हन् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: therein / in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• क्रूर: O cruel one
• क्रूर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (vocative use) / Adjective
• Root: क्रूर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed / sin
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇācārya
• divyāstra
• yuddhakṣetra