Shloka 36

Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)

Devanagari script

अद्य पाज्चालसेनां तां निहत्य निशि सौप्तिके । कृतकृत्य: सुखी चैव भविष्यामि महामते

Transliteration

adya pāñcālaseṇāṁ tāṁ nihatya niśi sauptike | kṛtakṛtyaḥ sukhī caiva bhaviṣyāmi mahāmate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Tonight, in this nocturnal slaughter of the sleeping, after killing that Pāñcāla host, I shall feel my purpose fulfilled and shall live at ease, O wise one.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• पाञ्चालसेनाम्: the army of the Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालसेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चालसेना
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• निहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; prior action

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• सौप्तिके: in the sleeping-time (night-raid context)
• सौप्तिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौप्तिक
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कृतकृत्यः: one whose task is accomplished
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यामि: I shall be/become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: simple future (लृट्), parasmaipada; 1st person, singular

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāñcāla army (Pāñcālaseṇā)
• Sauptika (night slaughter of sleepers)