Shloka 19
अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः
Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge
Devanagari script
न हि बाणा मयोत्सृष्टा: सज्जन्तीह शरीरिणाम् । कायेषु विदितं तुभ्य॑ पुरा क्षत्रियसंगरे
Translation
“The arrows I loose do not lodge in the bodies of living men; they rend them and pass straight through. You have known this from of old, in the wars of the kṣatriyas.”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
बाणाःarrows
बाणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
उत्सृष्टाःreleased/shot
उत्सृष्टाः:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सृज्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
सज्जन्तिstick/adhere/get lodged
सज्जन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootसज्ज्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
इहhere/in this matter
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
शरीरिणाम्of embodied beings
शरीरिणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootशरीरिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
कायेषुin bodies
कायेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाय
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
विदितम्known
विदितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
पुराformerly/earlier
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
क्षत्रिय-संगरेin the battle among warriors
क्षत्रिय-संगरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय + संगरा
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
राम उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes