Shloka 155

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

को हि तेषां समक्ष तान्‌ हन्यादपि मरुत्पति:

Transliteration

ko hi teṣāṃ samakṣa tān hanyād api marutpatiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Who, indeed, could strike them down in their very presence—even if he were Marutpati (Indra) himself?”

Word by Word

• कः: who
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• समक्षम्: in the presence (of), before
• समक्षम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समक्ष

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हन्यात्: would/could kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), Potential/Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मरुत्पतिः: lord of the Maruts (Indra)
• मरुत्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Marutpati (Indra)
• Maruts