Shloka 33

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

Devanagari script

यस्त्वस्य विहितो घातस्तं करिष्यामि भारत । प्रधानवध एवास्य विनाशस्तं करोम्यहम्‌,'युद्धशास्त्रमें इस व्यूहके विनाशके लिये जो उपाय बताया गया है, उसीका सम्पादन करूँगा। प्रधान सेनापतिका वध होनेपर ही इसका विनाश हो सकता है; अतः मैं वही करूँगा”

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yastv asya vihito ghātastam kariṣyāmi bhārata | pradhāna-vadha evāsya vināśas taṃ karomy aham ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, I shall carry out the very means of slaying that has been prescribed for this formation. Its destruction is possible only when its chief commander is killed; therefore I will do exactly that.”

Word by Word

यःwhich/that (act)

तुbut/indeed

अस्यof this/its

विहितःprescribed/laid down

घातःslaying/strike

तम्that (one/that act)

करिष्यामिI shall do/perform

भारतO Bhārata

प्रधान-वधेin the slaying of the chief (commander)

एवonly/indeed

अस्यof this/its

विनाशःdestruction

तम्that (destruction/that act)

करोमिI do/bring about

अहम्I

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)

vyūha (battle formation)

pradhāna senāpati (chief commander)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes