Shloka 383

अर्जुनस्य सैन्धवाभिमुखगमनम् तथा विन्दानुविन्दयोर्वधः

Arjuna’s advance toward Saindhava and the fall of Vinda–Anuvinda

Devanagari script

ये चावर्जयतां लोका: स्वपतां च तथोषसि । जो बायें हाथसे भोजन करते हैं, गोदमें रखकर खाते हैं, जो पलासके आसनका और तेंदूकी दातुनका त्याग नहीं करते तथा उष:कालमें सोते हैं, उनको जो नरकलोक प्राप्त होते हैं (वे ही मुझे भी मिले; यदि मैं जयद्रथको न मार डालूँ)

Transliteration

ye cāvarjayatāṁ lokāḥ svapatāṁ ca tathōṣasi |

Translation

Arjuna said: “The hellish realms that are said to befall those who violate proper conduct—such as eating with the left hand, eating while holding food in the lap, refusing to give up a palāśa-leaf seat and a tinduka tooth-stick, and sleeping at dawn—may those very realms be mine as well, if I do not slay Jayadratha.”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अवर्जयताम्: of those who do not avoid / who do not give up
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवर्जयत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• लोकाः: worlds (realms)
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वपताम्: of those who sleep
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वपत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: likewise, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उषसि: at dawn
• उषसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Jayadratha
• naraka-loka (hell realms)
• palāśa (Butea monosperma) seat/āsana
• tinduka (Diospyros) tooth-stick (dantakāṣṭha)