Shloka 53

Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness

Nivātakavaca engagement

Devanagari script

जगद्‌ विनिर्दहेदेवमल्पतेजसि पातितम्‌ | पीड्यमानेन बलवत्‌ प्रयोज्यं स्याद्‌ू धनंजय

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | jagad vinirdahad evam alpatejasi pātitam | pīḍyamānena balavat prayojyaṃ syād dhanaṃjaya ||

Translation

Arjuna berkata: “Jika ketika dijatuhkan pada yang bercahaya kecil saja ia membakar seluruh jagat seperti ini, maka, wahai Dhanañjaya, senjata ini patut dipakai hanya dengan daya yang amat besar terhadap yang benar-benar perkasa.”

Word by Word

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विनिर्दहेत्: would burn up / could consume
• विनिर्दहेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• अल्पतेजसि: in one of little splendor/power
• अल्पतेजसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पतेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पातितम्: cast down, brought down
• पातितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पीड्यमानेन: by (one) being oppressed/pressed
• पीड्यमानेन: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Present passive participle (śatṛ/śānac in passive sense), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बलवत्: strongly, powerfully
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Neuter (adverbial use), Accusative, Singular

• प्रयोज्यम्: to be employed/used
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-युज्
• Form: Gerundive (tavya/ya; here -ya), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्यात्: should be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धनंजय: O Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Dhanañjaya
• the world (jagat)