Shloka 58

Devanagari script

क्षत्रधर्मे प्रशस्तां हि प्राप्तोडस्मि परमां गतिम्‌ । नैष धर्मो महीपाला: शरतल्पगतस्य मे

Transliteration

kṣatradharme praśastāṃ hi prāpto ’smi paramāṃ gatim | naiṣa dharmo mahīpālāḥ śaratālpagatasya me ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Por el alabado deber del kṣatriya he alcanzado el curso más alto. Oh reyes, ahora, yaciendo sobre el lecho de flechas, ésta ya no es para mí la norma de conducta apropiada».

Word by Word

• क्षत्रधर्मे: in the kshatriya-duty
• क्षत्रधर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रशस्ताम्: praised, commendable
• प्रशस्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशस्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्राप्तः: having attained
• प्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state, goal, destiny
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: duty, law
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपालाः: O kings (protectors of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• शरतल्पगतस्य: of (me) lying on the bed of arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरतल्पगत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahīpālāḥ (kings/rulers)
• kṣatradharma
• śaratālpa (bed of arrows)