Shloka 117
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
Devanagari script
अथ त्वमस्य मूर्धानं पातयिष्यसि भूतले । तवापि शतधा मूर्धा फलिष्यति न संशय:,“यदि तुम इसके मस्तकको पृथ्वीपर गिराओगे तो तुम्हारे मस्तकके भी सौ टुकड़े हो जायँगे। इसमें संशय नहीं है”
Transliteration
atha tvam asya mūrdhānaṁ pātayiṣyasi bhūtale | tavāpi śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṁśayaḥ ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: “If you cause his head to fall upon the ground, then your own head too will split into a hundred pieces—of this there is no doubt.” The statement frames a grave moral warning within the violence of war: an act of beheading here is presented as inviting immediate, inescapable retribution.
Word by Word
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
अस्यof this (man)/his
अस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
मूर्धानम्head
मूर्धानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पातयिष्यसिyou will cause to fall / will drop
पातयिष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (पातयति—णिच्)
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतलेon the ground/earth-surface
भूतले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूतल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
शतधाinto a hundred parts; a hundredfold
शतधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतधा
मूर्धा(your) head
मूर्धा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
फलिष्यतिwill split/burst (as a result)
फलिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootफल्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaA
an unnamed 'you' (tvam)A
an unnamed 'he' (asya)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes