Mahabharata 9.65.26 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 65, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

उत्साहश्व कृतो नित्यं मया दिष्ट्या युयुत्सता । दिष्ट्या चास्मिन्‌ हतो युद्धे निहतज्ञातिबान्धव:

Translation

“It is a blessing that, with the will to fight, I always kept my spirit and ardor aflame. And it is a blessing too that I have been slain in this war, after my kinsmen and companions were struck down—so that I myself now lay down my life upon the field of battle, with deep contentment.”

Word by Word

• utsāhaḥ: enthusiasm, zeal
• utsāhaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: utsāha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• kṛtaḥ: made, shown
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, passive/resultative

• nityam: always
• nityam: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• diṣṭyā: by good fortune; fortunately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: diṣṭi

• yuyutsatā: by (me) desiring to fight
• yuyutsatā: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuyutsu
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• diṣṭyā: by good fortune; fortunately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: diṣṭi

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• asmin: in this (battle/war)
• asmin: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• hataḥ: slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: han
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yuddhe: in battle
• yuddhe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• nihata: having slain; with (others) slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-han
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• jñāti-bāndhavaḥ: kinsmen and relatives
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāti-bāndhava
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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