Shloka 10

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

न हि मे मोक्ष्यसे जीवन्‌ यदि नोत्सृजसे रणम्‌ | एवमुकक्‍्त्वा महाबाहुर्बाणं दुःशासनान्तकम्‌

Transliteration

na hi me mokṣyase jīvan yadi notsṛjase raṇam | evam uktvā mahābāhur bāṇaṃ duḥśāsanāntakam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “You will not escape me alive, unless you abandon the battlefield.” Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed warrior then discharged an arrow destined to bring about Duḥśāsana’s end—an utterance and act that reveal the war’s grim ethic: survival is made conditional upon withdrawal, and speech becomes a prelude to lethal resolve.

Word by Word

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

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

• मोक्ष्यसे: you will be released/escape
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• जीवन्: alive/living
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

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

• उत्सृजसे: you abandon/leave
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• रणम्: battle
• रणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (base)

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दुःशासनान्तकम्: slayer of Duḥśāsana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःशासनान्तक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• दुःशासन (Duḥśāsana)
• बाण (arrow)
• रण (battlefield)