Shloka 15

अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः

Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners

Devanagari script

क्षयाय धार्रराष्ट्राणां प्रादुर्भूतोी धनंजय: । त्वं पुन: पण्डितो भूत्वा वाचं वक्तुमिहेच्छसि

Transliteration

kṣayāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ prādurbhūto dhanaṃjayaḥ | tvaṃ punaḥ paṇḍito bhūtvā vācaṃ vaktum ihecchasi ||

Translation

Kṛpa said: “For the destruction of the Dhṛtarāṣṭras, Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna) has manifested here. And yet you, pretending to be wise, still wish to speak words in this assembly.”

Word by Word

• क्षयाय: for destruction
• क्षयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रादुर्भूतः: has appeared / manifested
• प्रादुर्भूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रादुर्भूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again / on the other hand
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पण्डितः: learned / wise
• पण्डितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पण्डित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), —, —, —

• वाचम्: speech / words
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), —, —, —

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• इच्छसि: you desire / you wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)
• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)