Shloka 31

Devanagari script

हस्तसंस्पर्शमापन्नान्‌ परानप्यथवा स्वकान्‌

Transliteration

hastasaṁsparśam āpannān parān apy athavā svakān

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Whether they were foes or one’s own men, once they had come within arm’s reach—into direct hand-to-hand contact—(they were struck down without distinction).”

Word by Word

• हस्तसंस्पर्शम्: touch/contact of the hand
• हस्तसंस्पर्शम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तसंस्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपन्नान्: having reached; having come into (contact)
• आपन्नान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपन्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परान्: others; enemies
• परान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• स्वकान्: one's own (people)
• स्वकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya