Shloka 46

Devanagari script

गदयाप्यनया गुर्व्या हेमविग्रहया रणे । कालवत्‌ प्रहरिष्यामि द्रौणेरस्त्र विशातयन्‌,“इस सुवर्णमयी भारी गदासे रणभूमिमें द्रोणपुत्रके अस्त्रोंको चूर-चूर करनेके लिये मैं कालके समान प्रहार करूँगा

Transliteration

gadayāpy anayā gurvyā hemavigrahayā raṇe | kālavat prahariṣyāmi drauṇer astra-viśātayan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Even with this massive, gold-bodied mace on the battlefield, I shall strike like Death itself, shattering the weapons of Droṇa’s son.” The line frames the combat not merely as brute force but as a vow of overwhelming, fate-like retribution in the moral chaos of war.

Word by Word

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अनया: with this
• अनया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• गुर्व्या: heavy
• गुर्व्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• हेमविग्रहया: having a golden body/structure
• हेमविग्रहया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-विग्रह
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• कालवत्: like Death/Time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कालवत्

• प्रहरिष्यामि: I will strike
• प्रहरिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रौणेः: of Drona's son (Aśvatthāman)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि (द्रोणपुत्र)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्त्र: weapons/missiles
• अस्त्र: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विशातयन्: crushing/destroying
• विशातयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शातय्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāman)
• mace (gadā)
• golden mace (hema-vigrahā gadā)
• battlefield (raṇa)