Shloka 13

अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्

Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley

Devanagari script

नास्य युद्धे सम॑ मन्ये कंचिदन्यं धनुर्थरम्‌ । इच्छन्‌ हन्यादिमां सेनां किमर्थमपि नेच्छति,“मैं दूसरे किसी धनुर्धर वीरको युद्धभूमिमें इसके समान नहीं मानता। यदि यह चाहे तो इस सारी सेनाको नष्ट कर सकता है; परंतु न जाने यह क्यों ऐसा चाहता नहीं है”

Transliteration

nāsyā yuddhe samaṁ manye kaṁcid anyaṁ dhanurdharam | icchan hanyād imāṁ senāṁ kimartham api necchati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In this battle I do not regard any other bowman as equal to him. If he truly wished, he could destroy this entire army; yet, for some reason, he does not choose to do so.”

Word by Word

नnot

अस्यof him/this one

युद्धेin battle

समम्equal (to)

मन्येI think/consider

कञ्चित्anyone

अन्यम्other

धनुर्धरम्bowman, archer

इच्छन्wishing

हन्यात्could/should kill

इमाम्this

सेनाम्army

किम्what/why

अर्थम्reason/purpose

अपिeven/also

नnot

इच्छतिwishes

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the unnamed supreme archer (referred to as 'him')

army (senā)

battle (yuddha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes