Shloka 26

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

योत्स्याम्येनं शल्य धनंजयं वै मृत्युं पुरस्कृत्य रणे जयं वा

Transliteration

yotsyāmy enaṃ śalya dhanañjayaṃ vai mṛtyuṃ puraskṛtya raṇe jayaṃ vā

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I shall fight him—Dhanañjaya—O Śalya, in battle, placing death before me; or else I shall win victory.”

Word by Word

• योत्स्यामि: I shall fight
• योत्स्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Luṭ (Periphrastic Future), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शल्य: O Śalya
• शल्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धनंजयम्: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front; keeping in view
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस्-कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun/ktvā-type), Parasmaipada (usage)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• mṛtyu (death)
• raṇa (battle)