Shloka 18

Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization

Devanagari script

को हास्ति जीविताकाडुशक्षी प्राप्पेममरिमर्दनम्‌ । गजो वाजी रथो वापि पुनः स्वस्ति गृहान्‌ व्रजेत्‌,“जीवित रहनेकी इच्छावाला कौन ऐसा हाथीसवार, घुड़सवार अथवा रथी है, जो इन शत्रुमर्दन द्रोणसे भिड़कर कुशलपूर्वक अपने घरको लौट सके?

Transliteration

ko hāsti jīvitākāṅkṣī prāpya imam arimardanam | gajo vājī ratho vāpi punaḥ svasti gṛhān vrajet ||

Translation

Ulūka dijo: «¿Quién, aferrado aún a la vida, podría enfrentarse a Droṇa, triturador de enemigos, y volver luego a su casa sano y salvo, ya sea sobre elefante, a caballo o en carro de guerra?»

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present Indicative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जीवित: in life; in being alive
• जीवित: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आकाङ्क्षी: desirous (of); wishing
• आकाङ्क्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अमरिमर्दनम्: the foe-crusher (enemy-slayer)
• अमरिमर्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरिमर्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गजः: an elephant-(rider)
• गजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाजी: a horseman; one with a horse
• वाजी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथः: a chariot-(warrior)
• रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पुनः: again; back
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• स्वस्ति: safely; in well-being
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति

• गृहान्: homes; houses
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• व्रजेत्: might go/return
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Optative (Potential), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

उलूक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ulūka
• Droṇa
• elephant
• horse
• chariot
• home (gṛha)