Shloka 36

अभिमन्युवधः

Abhimanyu’s Fall and the Battlefield Aftermath

Devanagari script

मय्येव निपतत्येष सासिरित्यूर्थ्वदृष्टय:

Transliteration

mayy eva nipataty eṣa sāsir ity ūrdhvadṛṣṭyaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “This one is falling upon me alone—sword in hand,” thus (he spoke), with his gaze lifted upward. The line conveys the immediacy of battlefield peril and the stark personal accountability felt in combat, where one confronts violence directly and without evasion.

Word by Word

• मयि: in/onto me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Saptami, Eka

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निपतति: falls down; rushes/falls upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Lat (Present), Prathama, Eka

• एषः: this (man/one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• सासिः: with a sword (sword-in-hand)
• सासिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सासि
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ऊर्ध्व-दृष्टयः: having eyes raised upward; looking up
• ऊर्ध्व-दृष्टयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Bahu

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sword (asi)