Shloka 436

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५४: दुर्योधनस्य धृतराष्ट्रं प्रति बलप्रशंसन-युक्तः आश्वासनवादः

Duryodhana’s Reassurance and Force-Praise to Dhritarashtra

Devanagari script

एकैक एपषां शक्तस्तु हन्तुं भारत पाण्डवान्‌ । समेतास्तु क्षणेनैतान्‌ नेष्यन्ति यमसादनम्‌ । भारत! भीष्म

Transliteration

ekaika eṣāṁ śaktas tu hantuṁ bhārata pāṇḍavān | sametās tu kṣaṇenaitān neṣyanti yamasādanam ||

Translation

Duryodhana berkata: “Wahai Bhārata, masing-masing dari para kesatria ini sanggup membunuh para Pāṇḍava. Namun bila mereka bersatu, dalam sekejap mereka akan mengirim mereka ke kediaman Yama.”

Word by Word

• एकैकः: each single one
• एकैकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• शक्तः: able, capable
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समेताः: assembled, united
• समेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (समेत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• क्षणेन: in a moment / within an instant
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एतान्: these (men)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नेष्यन्ति: they will lead
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यमसादनम्: the abode of Yama (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-सादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• Kṛpa
• Aśvatthāmā
• Karṇa
• Bhūriśravā
• Bhagadatta (Prāgjyotiṣa king)
• Śalya (Madra king)
• Jayadratha (Sindhu king)
• Yama
• Yamasādana (abode of Yama)
• Bhārata (lineage/address)