Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा ऊचु कपान्वयं विजेष्यामो ये देवास्ते वयं स्मृता: । तस्माद्‌ वध्या: कपा<स्माकं धनिन्‌ याहि यथा55गतम्‌

Transliteration

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ kapān vayaṁ vijeṣyāmo ye devās te vayaṁ smṛtāḥ | tasmād vadhyāḥ kapāsmākaṁ dhanin yāhi yathāgatam ||

Translation

ब्राह्मण बोले—हम कपों को पराजित करेंगे; जिन्हें ‘देवता’ कहा जाता है, वे वास्तव में हम ही हैं। इसलिए देवद्रोही कप हमारे लिए वध्य हैं। अतः हम कपों के कुल को दबा देंगे। हे धनी! जैसे आए हो, वैसे ही लौट जाओ।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural

• कपान्: the monkeys
• कपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• विजेष्यामः: shall conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Simple Future, 1st, Plural

• ये: who/which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those (they)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• स्मृताः: are considered/are remembered (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्

• वध्याः: to be slain, killable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कपाः: the monkeys
• कपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्माकम्: of us/for us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• धनिन्: O wealthy one
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनिन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• याहि: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगतम्: come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmins (Brāhmaṇāḥ)
• Kapas (Kapāḥ)
• Devas (Devāḥ)
• Dhanin (a wealthy person addressed)