Shloka 12

Kṣātra-dharma in Campaign and Battle: Protection, Purification, and the Ideal Warrior’s End (क्षात्रधर्मः—अभियानयुद्धे रक्षणदानशुद्धिः)

Devanagari script

तस्य शस्त्राणि यावन्ति त्वचं भिन्दन्ति संयुगे । तावत: सो<श्षुते लोकान्‌ सर्वकामदुहो$क्षयान्‌

Transliteration

tasya śastrāṇi yāvanti tvacaṃ bhindanti saṃyuge | tāvataḥ so 'śnute lokān sarvakāmaduhō 'kṣayān ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “In battle, as many weapons as pierce and split that hero’s skin, by just so many does he attain imperishable worlds that yield every desired good.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• शस्त्राणि: weapons
• शस्त्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• यावन्ति: as many as
• यावन्ति: Visheshana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: यावत्
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• त्वचम्: skin
• त्वचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• भिन्दन्ति: they split/pierce
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 3rd, plural

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• तावतः: so many (corresponding)
• तावतः: Visheshana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: तावत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अश्नुते: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: present, ātmanepada, 3rd, singular

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• सर्वकामदुहः: granting all desires
• सर्वकामदुहः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामदुह्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अक्षयान्: imperishable
• अक्षयान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• śastra (weapons)
• saṃyuga (battlefield)