Shloka 50

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

क्षेममद्य करिष्यामि धर्मराजस्य माधव । हत्वैतद्‌ दुर्बलं सैन्यं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पश्यत:,“माधव! आज मैं दुर्योधनके देखते-देखते इस दुर्बल सेनाका नाश करके धर्मराजका कल्याण करूँगा”

Transliteration

kṣemam adya kariṣyāmi dharmarājasya mādhava | hatvaitad durbalaṃ sainyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Mādhava, today I shall secure the welfare of Dharmarāja: before Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son can do anything but watch, I will destroy this weakened army of the Kauravas.”

Word by Word

• क्षेमम्: welfare, well-being
• क्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• करिष्यामि: I will do/make
• करिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माधव: O Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्बलम्: weak, feeble
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s (i.e., Duryodhana’s)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (he is) watching; of the watching one
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana / Kaurava side)
• Kaurava army