Shloka 15

Adhyāya 64 — Omens, Conch Signals, and Arjuna’s Assault on the Elephant Division

Devanagari script

नैवं पूर्वे जनाश्नक्रुर्न करिष्यन्ति चापरे

Transliteration

naivaṁ pūrve janāḥ śakruḥ na kariṣyanti cāpare

Translation

नारद ने कहा—पूर्वकाल के लोग ऐसा कर्म कभी न कर सके, और न ही उत्तरकाल के लोग कर सकेंगे।

Word by Word

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• पूर्वे: the former (people)
• पूर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अशक्नुवन्: were able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपरे: others, later ones
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada