Shloka 28

भीमसेन–अलायुधयुद्धम् / Bhīmasena and Alāyudha: Night Engagement and Command Responses

Devanagari script

सो<हं तत्र गमिष्यामि यत्र ते पुरुषर्षभा: | हता मदर्थ संग्रामे युध्यमाना: किरीटिना,वे पुरुषशिरोमणि सुहृद्‌ रणभूमिमें मेरे लिये युद्ध करते-करते अर्जुनके हाथसे मारे जाकर जिन लोकोंमें गये हैं, वहीं मैं भी जाऊँगा

Transliteration

so ’haṁ tatra gamiṣyāmi yatra te puruṣarṣabhāḥ | hatā mad-artha-saṅgrāme yudhyamānāḥ kirīṭinā ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “I too shall go to that very realm where those bull-like heroes of yours have gone—slain by the diademed Arjuna while fighting in battle for my sake. If they have fallen for me, then I will follow them there.”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (I)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषर्षभाः: bulls among men, best of men
• पुरुषर्षभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हताः: slain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मत्-अर्थम्: for my sake
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युध्यमानाः: fighting
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध्
• Form: Present Active Participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किरीटिना: by the diademed one (Arjuna)
• किरीटिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• puruṣarṣabhāḥ (heroic warriors)