Shloka 17

अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्

Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley

Devanagari script

न हास्य समरे युद्धोेदन्‍तको5प्याततायिन: । किमज़् पुनरेवान्यो मर्त्य: सत्यं ब्रवीमि व:

Transliteration

na hāsya samare yuddhodantako 'py ātatāyinaḥ | kim u punaḥ evānyo martyaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi vaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Dans la bataille, même un agresseur meurtrier ne devient pas, par le seul fait de combattre, la “fin” de son ennemi ; à plus forte raison aucun autre mortel. Je vous dis cela en vérité.»

Word by Word

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

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अस्य: of this (man)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• युद्धः: fight/war
• युद्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• उदन्तकः: death (lit. ender of life); deadly
• उदन्तकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदन्तक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• आततायिनः: of an aggressor/assailant
• Type: Noun
• Root: आततायिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• पुनः: again/further/moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्यः: another/other
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मर्त्यः: mortal man
• मर्त्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say/speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative/genitive, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya