Shloka 39

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

तदयं भरतश्रेष्ठ भ्राता तेडद्य यदर्जुन: । सैन्यक्षयं रणे कृत्वा सिन्धुराजशिरो5हरत्‌,“भरतश्रेष्ठ) इसीलिये आज आपके इस छोटे भाई अर्जुनने संग्राममें शत्रुसेनाका संहार करके सिंधुराजका सिर काट लिया है”

Transliteration

tad ayaṃ bharataśreṣṭha bhrātā te ’dya yad arjunaḥ | sainyakṣayaṃ raṇe kṛtvā sindhurājaśiro ’harat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, your brother Arjuna—having wrought the destruction of the enemy host in battle—has today taken the head of the king of Sindhu. The deed is presented as the fulfilment of a vowed purpose amid the harsh demands of war, where personal resolve and martial duty converge.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (deed/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

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

• यत्: which/that (fact) that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सैन्य-क्षयम्: destruction of the army
• सैन्य-क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य-क्षय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• सिन्धु-राज-शिरः: the head of the Sindhu-king (Jayadratha)
• सिन्धु-राज-शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु-राज-शिरस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अहरत्: took away / carried off (i.e., cut off and bore away)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, active

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address bharataśreṣṭha)
• Arjuna
• Sindhurāja (Jayadratha)
• enemy army (śatru-senā / sainya)