Shloka 29

Book 10, Adhyāya 12: Aśvatthāmā’s Request for the Cakra and the Brahmaśiras Context

Devanagari script

तेनापि सुह्दा ब्रह्मन्‌ पार्थेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । नोक्तपूर्वमिदं वाक्‍्यं यत्‌ त्वं मामभिभाषसे

Transliteration

tenāpi suhṛdā brahman pārthenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | noktapūrvam idaṃ vākyaṃ yat tvaṃ mām abhibhāṣase ||

Translation

हे ब्राह्मण! उस प्रिय सुहृद् पार्थ ने भी—जिसके कर्म मलिनता से रहित थे—ऐसा वचन पहले कभी नहीं कहा, जैसा तुम आज मुझसे कह रहे हो।

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/with him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• सुहृदा: by a friend/well-wisher
• सुहृदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पार्थेन: by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अक्लिष्टकर्मणा: by (one) of unwearied deeds
• अक्लिष्टकर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्लिष्टकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• उक्तपूर्वम्: previously spoken/said before
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्तपूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अभिभाषसे: you address/speak to
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brahman (addressed person)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)