Shloka 20

Devanagari script

द्रावयेयं शरैश्वापि सेन्द्रान्‌ देवान्‌ू समागतान्‌ । सराक्षसगणान्‌ पार्थ सासुरोरगमानवान्‌,'पार्थ! असुर, नाग, मानव तथा राक्षसगणोंसहित सम्पूर्ण देवता और इन्द्र भी आ जाय तो मैं उन्हें बाणोंद्वारा मारकर भगा सकता हूँ

Transliteration

drāvayeyam śaraiś cāpi sendrān devān samāgatān | sa-rākṣasa-gaṇān pārtha sāsuroraga-mānavān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Pārtha, even if the gods—Indra included—were to assemble together, along with hosts of Rākṣasas, Asuras, Nāgas, and men, I could still drive them back by means of my arrows.” The utterance conveys the warlike ethos of the moment: confidence in martial prowess is voiced in absolute terms, heightening the moral tension between human agency, divine order, and the escalating violence of the battlefield.

Word by Word

• द्रावयेयम्: I would drive away / put to flight
• द्रावयेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रावय् (√द्रु + णिच्)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 1st, Singular, Active

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सह)

• इन्द्रान्: Indras (Indra and the like)
• इन्द्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• देवान्: gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समागतान्: assembled / come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सह)

• राक्षसगणान्: hosts of Rakshasas
• राक्षसगणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसगण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सह)

• असुर: Asuras
• असुर: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उरग: serpents (Nagas)
• उरग: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मानवान्: men / humans
• मानवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Indra
• Devas
• Rākṣasas
• Asuras
• Nāgas (Oragas)
• Mānavas (humans)
• Śaras (arrows)