Shloka 34

Devanagari script

नृशंस: स मया55क्रम्य रथ एव निपातित:ः । तन्मामनिन्दयं बीभत्सो किमर्थ नाभिनन्दसे,बीभत्सो! द्रोणाचार्य क्रूर एवं नृशंस थे, इसलिये मैंने रथपर ही आक्रमण करके उनको मार गिराया। अतः मैं निन्दाका पात्र नहीं हूँ। फिर तुम किसलिये मेरा अभिनन्दन नहीं करते हो?

Transliteration

nṛśaṃsaḥ sa mayākrāmya ratha eva nipātitaḥ | tan mām anindyaṃ bībhatsa kimarthaṃ nābhinandase bībhatsa ||

Translation

Dṛṣṭadyumna said: “That cruel and ruthless man was struck down by me by assaulting him while he was still upon his chariot. Therefore I am not deserving of blame. Why then, O Bībhatsa, do you not commend me?”

Word by Word

नृशंसःcruel, ruthless

सःhe

मयाby me

आक्रम्यhaving attacked/assailed

रथेon/in the chariot

एवindeed, just

निपातितःwas felled/struck down

तत्therefore/that (reason)

माम्me

अनिन्द्यम्not blameworthy, blameless

बीभत्सःBībhatsa (Arjuna)

किमर्थम्for what reason? why?

नnot

अभिनन्दसेyou approve/congratulate

बीभत्सःO Bībhatsa (vocative sense in address)

Speaker

धष्टहुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dṛṣṭadyumna

Bībhatsa (Arjuna)

Droṇācārya

ratha (chariot)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes