Shloka 253

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

निहतं विद्धि वार्ष्णेय धार्तराष्ट्रं सुबालिशम्‌ | वृष्णिनन्दन श्रीकृष्ण! यदि वह मेरे भयसे युद्धसे भाग न जाय, तो मेरे द्वारा उस मूढ़ दुर्योधनको आप मारा गया ही समझें

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nihataṃ viddhi vārṣṇeya dhārtarāṣṭraṃ subāliśam |

vṛṣṇinandana śrīkṛṣṇa yadi sa me bhayād yuddhād bhāgaṃ na yāsyati |

to mayā taṃ mūḍhaṃ duryodhanaṃ hataṃ eva manyasva ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Vārṣṇeya, know that foolish Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son is as good as slain. O Śrī Kṛṣṇa, delight of the Vṛṣṇis—if, out of fear of me, he does not flee from the battle, then regard that deluded Duryodhana as already killed by my hand.”

Word by Word

• निहतम्: slain, killed
• निहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (नि-√हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धि: know (you), understand
• विद्धि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वार्ष्णेय: O descendant of Vृष्णि (Krishna)
• वार्ष्णेय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रम्: the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)
• धार्तराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुबालिशम्: very foolish, utterly childish
• सुबालिशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुबालिश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृष्णिनन्दन: O son/delight of the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णिनन्दन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण: O Śrī-Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Krishna (Vārṣṇeya, Vṛṣṇinandana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Duryodhana (Dhārtarāṣṭra)