Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अद्य निर्धान॑राष्ट्रां च भ्रात्रे दास्यामि मेदिनीम्‌

Transliteration

adya nirdhāna-rāṣṭrāṁ ca bhrātre dāsyāmi medinīm

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today I shall hand over this earth to my brother, and I shall also make the Dhārtarāṣṭras utterly destitute.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• निर्धानराष्ट्रान्: the impoverished (destitute) subjects/people of the realm
• निर्धानराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्धानराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भ्रात्रे: to (my) brother
• भ्रात्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• दास्यामि: I will give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मेदिनीम्: the earth (land)
• मेदिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• धृतराष्ट्राः / धार्तराष्ट्राः (Dhārtarāṣṭras, i.e., the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• भ्राता (brother, unspecified)
• मेदिनी (the earth/kingdom)