Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यो हाानस्त्रविदो हन्याद्‌ ब्रह्मास्त्रै: क्रोधमूर्च्छित: । सर्वोपायैर्न स कथं वध्य: पुरुषसत्तम,पुरुषप्रवर! जो क्रोधसे व्याकुल होकर ब्रह्मास्त्र न जाननेवालोंको भी ब्रह्मास्त्रसे ही मार डाले, उसका सभी उपायोंसे वध करना कैसे उचित नहीं है?

Transliteration

yo hānastravido hanyād brahmāstraiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | sarvopāyair na sa kathaṃ vadhyaḥ puruṣasattama puruṣapravara ||

Translation

Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “O best and foremost of men, if someone, maddened by anger, were to slay even those who do not know the Brahmāstra by means of Brahmāstras, how could it be improper to put him to death by every possible means?”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अनस्त्रविदः: those who do not know weapons
• अनस्त्रविदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनस्त्रविद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हन्यात्: should kill / were to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्रह्मास्त्रैः: with Brahmā-weapons (brahmāstras)
• ब्रह्मास्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: frenzied/overcome by anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधमूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वोपायैः: by all means/expedients
• सर्वोपायैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वोपाय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• वध्यः: to be slain / slayable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषसत्तम: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरुषप्रवर: O foremost of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषप्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धष्टहुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Brahmāstra