Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तुम्हारे हितके लिये मैंने ही युद्धके मुहानेपर उसे मार डाला था। पराक्रमी चेदिराज शिशुपाल तो तुम्हारी आँखोंके सामने ही मारा गया था

Transliteration

tumhāre hitake liye mayāiva yuddhasya mukhāne ’para sa māritaḥ. parākramī cedirājaḥ śiśupālaḥ tu tumhākaṃ cakṣuṣoḥ samakṣam eva māritaḥ

Translation

For your welfare, I myself struck him down at the very mouth of battle. And the valiant king of Cedi, Śiśupāla, was slain right before your very eyes.

Word by Word

• तुम्हारे: of you / for you
• तुम्हारे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• हितस्य: of welfare / benefit
• हितस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कृते: for the sake of
• कृते: Sampradana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत
• Form: true

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, तृतीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• युद्धस्य: of battle
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मुखे: at the front / at the mouth (opening)
• मुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हतवान्: having slain / killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्तवतु (परस्मैपदी-भावे), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन

• पराक्रमी: valiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चेदिराजः: the king of Cedi
• चेदिराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदिराज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शिशुपालः: Shishupala
• शिशुपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशुपाल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: true

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अक्ष्णोः: of (your) two eyes
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• समक्षम्: in the presence of / before
• समक्षम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समक्ष
• Form: true

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• हतः: was slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभवत्: became / happened / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Vāyudeva (Vāyu)
• Śiśupāla
• Cedi (Cedi-deśa / kingdom of Cedi)
• yuddha (battle/war)