Shloka 15

Kṛṣṇopadeśa and Duryodhana’s Challenge

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 77

Devanagari script

शरवेगसमुत्कृत्तै राज्ञां केशव मूर्थभि: । आस्तीर्यमाणां पृथिवीं द्रष्टासि श्वो मया युधि,केशव! कलके युद्धमें आप देखेंगे कि इस पृथ्वीपर मेरे बाणोंके वेगसे कटे हुए राजाओंके मस्तक बिछ गये हैं

Transliteration

arjunа uvāca | śaravega-samutkṛttai rājñāṁ keśava mūrdhabhiḥ | āstīryamāṇāṁ pṛthivīṁ draṣṭāsi śvo mayā yudhi, keśava ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “O Keśava, tomorrow on the battlefield you will see the earth strewn with the severed heads of kings, cut down by the speed and force of my arrows.”

Word by Word

• शरवेगसमुत्कृत्तैः: cut off by the speed of arrows
• शरवेगसमुत्कृत्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर-वेग-समुत्कृत्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• राज्ञाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• केशव: O Keshava
• केशव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मूर्धभिः: with heads
• मूर्धभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आस्तीर्यमाणाम्: being strewn/covered
• आस्तीर्यमाणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-स्तॄ (स्तॄञ्) → आस्तीर्यमाण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रष्टासि: you will see
• द्रष्टासि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Periphrastic Future (लुट्), 2, Singular

• श्वः: tomorrow
• श्वः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्वस्/श्वः

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (युध्/युधि as noun 'battle')
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• केशव: O Keshava
• केशव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• arrows (śara)
• earth (pṛthivī)
• battlefield (yudhi)