Shloka 233

Devanagari script

अद्य शक्ता रणे जेतुं रथस्थ॑ मां नरषभा: । आज रणभूमिमें रथपर बैठे हुए मुझ अश्वत्थामाको न तो देवता, न गन्धर्व, न असुर, न राक्षस और न कोई श्रेष्ठ मानव वीर ही परास्त कर सकते हैं

Transliteration

adya śaktā raṇe jetuṁ rathasthaṁ māṁ nararṣabhāḥ | āj raṇabhūmau rathopasthaḥ mām aśvatthāmānaṁ na devatā na gandharvā na asurā na rākṣasā na ca kaścid śreṣṭha-mānuṣa-vīraḥ parājayituṁ śaknoti |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today, seated upon my chariot and ready for battle, I am capable of victory. On this battlefield, no god, gandharva, asura, rākṣasa, nor even any foremost human hero can defeat me—Aśvatthāmā—while I stand on my chariot.”

Word by Word

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

• शक्ताः: able, capable
• शक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जेतुम्: to conquer/defeat
• जेतुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Infinitive

• रथस्थम्: seated on the chariot
• रथस्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā
• devatāḥ (gods)
• gandharvāḥ
• asurāḥ
• rākṣasāḥ
• śreṣṭha-mānuṣa-vīrāḥ (foremost human heroes)
• ratha (chariot)
• raṇa/raṇabhūmi (battle/battlefield)