Shloka 293

Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa

Resolve for the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

इदमेकं गदायुद्ध॑ भवत्वद्याद्भुतं महत्‌ । रथके विचित्र युद्ध तो पग-पगपर हुए हैं। आज यह एक अत्यन्त अद्भुत गदायुद्ध भी हो जाय

Transliteration

idam ekaṁ gadāyuddhaṁ bhavatv adyādbhutaṁ mahat |

Translation

Duryodhana dit : « Que ce duel unique à la massue, aujourd’hui, devienne un événement grand et prodigieux. »

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• ekam: one, single
• ekam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• gadāyuddham: mace-fight, club-duel
• gadāyuddham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadāyuddha
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• bhavatu: let it be / may it happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: imperative (loṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya

• adbhutam: wonderful, marvelous
• adbhutam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• gadā (mace)
• gadāyuddha (mace-duel)