Shloka 193

Devanagari script

विजिग्ये पुरुषव्यात्र: स शक्‍्यो मानुषै: कथम्‌ । “जिन पुरुषसिंह अर्जुनने हिरण्यपुरनिवासी सहस्रों दानवोंपर विजय पायी है, वे मनुष्योंद्वारा कैसे जीते जा सकते हैं?

Transliteration

vijigye puruṣavyāghraḥ sa śakyo mānuṣaiḥ katham |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That tiger among men—how could he possibly be conquered by mere human beings?” The remark underscores Arjuna’s proven, almost superhuman prowess and implies an ethical warning against pride and miscalculation in war: when a warrior’s strength is grounded in extraordinary merit and divine support, ordinary force and arrogance are insufficient to overcome him.

Word by Word

• विजिग्ये: conquered / won
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men (hero)
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शक्यः: possible / able to be (conquered)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मानुषैः: by men / by humans
• मानुषैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (implied by context: ‘puruṣavyāghraḥ’)