Shloka 25

द्रोणानीकाभिमुखगमनम्

Abhimanyu advances toward Droṇa’s host

Devanagari script

तत्‌ कर्माद्य करिष्यामि हित॑ यद्‌ वंशयोर्द्धयो: । मातुलस्य च यत्‌ प्रीतिं करिष्यति पितुश्च मे,आज मैं वह पराक्रम करूँगा, जो पिता और माता दोनोंके कुलोंके लिये हितकर होगा तथा वह मामा श्रीकृष्ण तथा पिता अर्जुन दोनोंको प्रसन्न करेगा

Transliteration

tat karmādya kariṣyāmi hitaṃ yad vaṃśayor ubhayoḥ | mātulasya ca yat prītiṃ kariṣyati pituś ca me ||

Translation

Today I shall perform a deed of valor—one that will benefit both lineages, my mother’s and my father’s—and that will gladden my maternal uncle Krishna and my own father, Arjuna.

Word by Word

तत्that

कर्मdeed, act

अद्यtoday, now

करिष्यामिI shall do

हितम्beneficial, good

यत्which

वंशयोःof (the two) lineages

उभयोःof both

मातुलस्यof the maternal uncle

चand

यत्which

प्रीतिम्pleasure, satisfaction

करिष्यतिwill cause/make (will bring about)

पितुःof (my) father

चand

मेmy

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhima

Krishna (as maternal uncle)

Arjuna (as father, per given context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes