Shloka 19

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

यदि न त्वं भवे्नाथ: फाल्गुनस्य महारणे । कथं शक्‍्यो रणे जेतुं भवेदेष बलार्णव:,“यदि आप इस महासमरमें अर्जुनके स्वामी और सहायक न होते तो युद्धमें इस कौरव- सेनारूपी समुद्रपर विजय पाना कैसे सम्भव हो सकता था?

Transliteration

yadi na tvaṃ bhaven nāthaḥ phālgunasya mahāraṇe | kathaṃ śakyo raṇe jetuṃ bhaved eṣa balārṇavaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Si no hubieras sido el señor y protector de Phālguna (Arjuna) en aquella gran batalla, ¿cómo habría sido posible vencer en la guerra a este océano de fuerza, el ejército de los Kauravas?»

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

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

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

• भवेत्: would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नाथः: lord, protector
• नाथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• फाल्गुनस्य: of Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महा-रणे: in the great battle
• महा-रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• शक्यः: possible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जेतुम्: to conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• भवेत्: would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• बल-अर्णवः: ocean of strength (mighty sea)
• बल-अर्णवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल-अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Kaurava army (implied as balārṇava)