Shloka 33

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 29 — Arjuna’s defeat of Vṛṣaka–Acalā and the neutralization of Śakuni’s māyā

Devanagari script

अवोचं चैतदस्त्रं वै हमोघं भवतु क्षमे । नरकस्याभिरक्षार्थ नैनं कश्नचिद्‌ वधिष्यति,“उसे देते समय मैंने कहा--“वसुधे! यह अमोघ वैष्णवास्त्र नरकासुरकी रक्षाके लिये उसके पास रहे। फिर उसे कोई भी नष्ट नहीं कर सकेगा

Transliteration

avocaṃ caitad astraṃ vai amoghaṃ bhavatu kṣame | narakasyābhirakṣārthaṃ nainaṃ kaścid vadhiṣyati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “When I bestowed that weapon, I declared: ‘O Earth, let this Vaiṣṇava missile be unfailing. Let it remain with Naraka for his protection; thereafter no one shall be able to slay him.’”

Word by Word

• अवोचम्: I said/spoke
• अवोचम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), 1, singular, parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon (missile)
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• अमोघम्: unfailing
• अमोघम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघ
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भवतु: let it be / may it become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• क्षमे: O Earth (forbearing one)
• क्षमे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमा
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• नरकस्य: of Naraka
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अभिरक्षार्थम्: for the purpose of protection
• अभिरक्षार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिरक्षार्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• एनम्: him / this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वधिष्यति: will kill / will destroy
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṣamā (Earth)
• Naraka (Narakāsura)
• Vaiṣṇavāstra (Vaiṣṇava weapon)