Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

अज्ञानद्धि क्षिपन्‌ बाणान्‌ घोररूपान्‌ भयानकान्‌ | होमधेन्वा वत्समस्य प्रमत्त इषुणाहनम्‌,“नरेश्वरर एक समयकी बात है, मैं शस्त्रोंके अभ्यासके लिये विजय नामक एक ब्राह्मणगके आश्रमके आसपास विचरण कर रहा था। उस समय घोर एवं भयंकर बाण चलाते हुए मैंने अनजानमें ही असावधानीके कारण उस ब्राह्मणकी होमधेनुके बछड़ेको एक बाणसे मार डाला

Transliteration

ajñānād dhi kṣipan bāṇān ghorarūpān bhayānakān | homadhenuvā vatsaṁ asya pramatta iṣuṇā ahanam ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “In ignorance, while shooting dreadful, terrifying arrows, I carelessly struck down with a single shaft the calf belonging to that Brahmin’s sacrificial cow (homadhenu).”

Word by Word

• अज्ञानात्: out of ignorance / unknowingly
• अज्ञानात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• क्षिपन्: hurling / shooting
• क्षिपन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• घोररूपान्: of dreadful form
• घोररूपान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोररूप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भयानकान्: terrifying
• भयानकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• होमधेन्वाः: of the sacrificial cow
• होमधेन्वाः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: होमधेनु
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वत्सम्: calf
• वत्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of this (one) / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रमत्तः: careless / inattentive
• प्रमत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इषुणा: with an arrow
• इषुणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अहनम्: I struck / I killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), Parasmaipada, 1st, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (bāṇa)
• homadhenu (sacrificial cow)
• calf (vatsa)
• Brahmin (implied by asya homadhenuvā)