Shloka 7

अभिमन्यु-परिवेष्टनम्

Encirclement and Counterassault of Abhimanyu

Devanagari script

न ममैतद्‌ द्विषत्सैन्यं कलामहति षोडशीम्‌ | अपि विश्वजितं विष्णु मातुलं प्राप्प सूतज

Transliteration

na mamaitad dviṣatsainyaṃ kalāmahati ṣoḍaśīm | api viśvajitaṃ viṣṇu mātulaṃ prāppa sūtaja ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “This hostile army is not even a sixteenth part of mine in strength. Yet, O son of a charioteer, Viṣṇu—my maternal uncle, the universal conqueror—has been reached (i.e., has come to be involved/encountered) in this conflict.”

Word by Word

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

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विषत्: hating, hostile
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विष्

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कलाम्: a part, fraction
• कलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महतीम्: great, large
• महतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• षोडशीम्: sixteenth
• षोडशीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विश्वजितम्: all-conquering
• विश्वजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वजित्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विष्णुम्: Vishnu
• विष्णुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मातुलम्: maternal uncle
• मातुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• सूतज: O son of a charioteer
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sūtaja (address, typically Karṇa)
• Viṣṇu (as named/epithet in the verse)
• dviṣat-sainyam (the hostile army)