Shloka 24

द्रोण–सात्यकि द्वैरथम्

Droṇa and Sātyaki: The Chariot Duel

Devanagari script

यद्येतदेवं संग्रामे न कुर्या पुरुषर्षभा: । मा सम पुण्यकृतां लोकानू प्राप्तुयां शूरसम्मतान्‌,पुरुषश्रेष्ठ वीरो! यदि संग्रामभूमिमें मैं ऐसा न कर सकूँ तो पुण्यात्मा पुरुषोंके उन लोकोंको, जो शूरवीरोंको प्रिय हैं, न प्राप्त करूँ:

Transliteration

yady etad evaṁ saṅgrāme na kuryā puruṣarṣabhāḥ | mā samaṁ puṇyakṛtāṁ lokānū prāptuyāṁ śūrasammatān puruṣaśreṣṭha vīra ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “If, in this battle, I cannot do this, O best of men and foremost among heroes, then may I not attain those worlds earned by the righteous—those realms esteemed and beloved by the valiant.”

Word by Word

यदिif

एतत्this

एवम्thus, in this way

संग्रामेin battle

नnot

कुर्याम्I should do

पुरुषर्षभाःO bulls among men (best of men)

माnot (prohibitive/negative with optative)

सम्indeed, wholly (emphatic particle/prefix-like)

पुण्यकृताम्of the doers of merit

लोकान्worlds, realms

नnot

उindeed, surely (particle)

प्राप्तुयाम्I should attain

शूरसम्मतान्approved by/pleasing to heroes

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes