Shloka 21

Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa

Devanagari script

को हि जीवितमन्विच्छन्‌ प्रतीपं पाण्डवं व्रजेत्‌

Transliteration

ko hi jīvitam anvicchan pratīpaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ vrajet

Translation

धृतराष्ट्र बोले—“जो अपने प्राणों की रक्षा चाहता हो, वह पाण्डव के विरुद्ध कौन जाएगा?”

Word by Word

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्विच्छन्: seeking
• अन्विच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-इष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतीपम्: hostile/adverse
• प्रतीपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्रजेत्: would go/should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Vidhi-ling (optative), Present-system (optative sense), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍava