Shloka 57

Devanagari script

न चैष समरे शक्‍्यो जेतुं वज्ञभूता अपि । न चापि सहिता वीरा देवदानवराक्षसा:

Transliteration

na caiṣa samare śakyo jetuṃ vajrabhūtā api | na cāpi sahitā vīrā devadānavarākṣasāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In battle, he cannot be conquered—even by those who are as formidable as the thunderbolt. Nor could the heroic hosts of gods, Dānavas, and Rākṣasas, even if united together, overcome him.”

Word by Word

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

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

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एष)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शक्यः: possible / able (to be)
• शक्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जेतुम्: to conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• वज्रभूताः: having become like thunderbolts
• वज्रभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सहिता: united / together
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वीराः: heroes
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानव: demons (Dānavas)
• दानव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राक्षसाः: rākṣasas
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Rākṣasas
• Vajra (thunderbolt)