Shloka 12

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

Devanagari script

न हि त्वं नाभिजानासि मम विक्रममच्युत

Transliteration

na hi tvaṁ nābhijānāsi mama vikramam acyuta

Translation

For you do not truly know the full measure of my prowess, O Acyuta. Bhīma asserts his strength and resolve, pressing that his capacity for decisive action should not be underestimated in the moral crisis leading toward war.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभिजानासि: you know/recognize
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-ज्ञा
• Form: present, second, singular, parasmaipada

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• विक्रमम्: valor/heroic prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अच्युत: O Acyuta (Krishna)
• अच्युत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)