Shloka 21

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)

Devanagari script

| ८22 4१; “4 + ३] ॥। 25. ६८22 9 ऐ 2 «95 ५ का] ९ प्र चक्र, प्र ॥727.।॥ 5 ्श फट ५ “2-- न. १:22. _ त्वं हि संहारबुद्धाथ प्रादुर्भूता रुषो मम । तस्मात्‌ संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजाः:सजडपण्डिता:

Transliteration

tvaṁ hi saṁhārabuddhyārthaṁ prādurbhūtā ruṣo mama | tasmāt saṁhara sarvāstvam prajāḥ sajada-paṇḍitāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “You have manifested from my wrath with the very purpose of destruction. Therefore, bring about the destruction of all these creatures—whether dull-witted or learned—without distinction.”

Word by Word

त्वम्you

हिindeed/for

संहारबुद्धिःone whose intent is destruction / destructive intention

अथthen/now

प्रादुर्भूताhas manifested/appeared

रुषाwith anger

ममof me/my

तस्मात्therefore/from that

संहरdestroy/withdraw

सर्वाःall

त्वम्you

प्रजाःcreatures/subjects

सजडपण्डिताःtogether with the dull and the learned (i.e., all alike)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes