Shloka 64

Devanagari script

शपे55त्मनाहं शैनेय सत्येन तपसा तथा । अहत्वा सर्वपाज्चालान्‌ यदि शान्तिमहं लभे,'शैनेय! मैं सत्य और तपस्याकी सौगंध खाकर कहता हूँ, सम्पूर्ण पांचालोंका वध किये बिना मुझे कदापि शान्ति नहीं मिलेगी

Transliteration

śape ātmanāhaṃ śaineya satyena tapasā tathā | ahatvā sarvapāñcālān yadi śāntim ahaṃ labhe ||

Translation

“O Śaineya, I swear upon my very self—by truth and by austerity—that unless I have slain all the Pāñcālas, I shall never attain peace.”

Word by Word

• शपे: I swear
• शपे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मना: by myself / by my own self
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• शैनेय: O Śaineya (son of Śini)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सत्येन: by truth / with truth (as witness)
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तथा: thus / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अहत्वा: without killing / not having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), अ-

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाञ्चालान्: the Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• लभे: may obtain / should obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (Optative), 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śaineya (Sātyaki, son of Śini)
• Pāñcālas (people of Pañcāla)