Shloka 256

जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha

Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition

Devanagari script

केषां वैवस्वतो राजा स्मरतेड्द्य महाभुज । युद्धमें काल, अन्तक और यमके समान पराक्रम दिखानेवाले आप-जैसे बल- विक्रमसम्पन्न वीरको देखकर आज कौन-कौन-से योद्धा मैदान छोड़कर भागनेवाले हैं? महाबाहो! आज राजा यम किनका स्मरण कर रहे हैं?

Transliteration

keṣāṃ vaivasvato rājā smaratedya mahābhuja | yuddhe me kāla-antaka-yama-samāna-parākramaṃ darśayantaṃ tvādṛśaṃ bala-vikrama-sampannaṃ vīraṃ dṛṣṭvā adya ke ke yoddhā raṇaṃ tyaktvā palāyiṣyante? mahābāho! adya rājā yamaḥ keṣāṃ smaraṇaṃ karoti?

Translation

Sūta said: “O mighty-armed one, whose names is Vaivasvata—the king Yama—calling to mind today? Seeing a hero like you, endowed with strength and prowess and displaying in battle a valor like Time, the Slayer, and Yama himself, which warriors will abandon the field and flee today? O strong-armed one, whom does King Yama remember today?”

Word by Word

• केषाम्: of whom
• केषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वैवस्वतः: Vaivasvata (Yama)
• वैवस्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मरते: remembers
• स्मरते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• महाभुज: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभुज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Yama
• Vaivasvata
• Kāla
• Antaka