Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 36

Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)

Devanagari script

निकृतेस्तस्य पापस्य ते पारं गमनेप्सवः । चारान्‌ सम्प्रेषयामासु: समन्तात्‌ तद्रणाजिरे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nikṛtes tasya pāpasya te pāraṃ gamanepsavaḥ |

cārān sampreṣayāmāsuḥ samantāt tad-raṇājire, mahārāja ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeking to cross beyond their enmity by repaying the deceit of that sinful man, they dispatched spies in every direction across that battlefield, O King.

Word by Word

• निकृतेः: of the deceit/treachery
• निकृतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकृति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पापस्य: of the sinful (man)
• पापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पारम्: the far shore/end
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गमन: going/reaching
• गमन: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ईप्सवः: desiring
• ईप्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चारान्: spies/scouts
• चारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सम्प्रेषयामासुः: they sent forth/dispatched
• सम्प्रेषयामासुः: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic perfect), Third, Plural

• समन्तात्: on all sides, all around
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्
• Form: true

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Mahārāja)
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by context: 'they')
• Duryodhana (implied by context: 'that sinful one')
• cāra (spies/scouts)
• raṇājira (battlefield)