Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तच्च मे कृन्तते मर्म यन्न तस्य शिरो मया । निषादविषये क्षिप्तं जयद्रथशिरो यथा

Transliteration

tac ca me kṛntate marma yan na tasya śiro mayā | niṣādaviṣaye kṣiptaṃ jayadrathaśiro yathā ||

Translation

That thought cuts into my very heart: that I did not hurl his head into the Niṣādas’ country, as Jayadratha’s head was once cast. In the midst of war, this is voiced as a bitter self-reproach—measuring one’s deed against a prior, exemplary act of retributive justice and strategic resolve.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कृन्तते: cuts / rends
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्तति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• मर्म: vital spot; heart (figuratively)
• मर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• निषाद-विषये: in the Niṣādas' region
• निषाद-विषये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषाद + विषय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्षिप्तम्: thrown / cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जयद्रथ-शिरः: Jayadratha's head
• जयद्रथ-शिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ + शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as / just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

धष्टहुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Jayadratha
• Niṣādas (people/tribe)
• Niṣāda territory (Niṣādaviṣaya)
• head (śiras) as an object/trophy