Shloka 12

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ९०: हार्दिक्यस्य पराक्रमः

Kṛtavarmā’s Stand against the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

अद्य पश्यन्तु संग्रामे धनंजयममर्षणम्‌ । विषक्तं मयि दुर्धर्षमश्मकूटमिवाश्मनि,“आज सब लोग देखें, जैसे पत्थर दूसरे प्रस्तरसमूहसे टकराकर रह जाता है, उसी प्रकार अमर्षशील दुर्धर्ष अर्जुन युद्धस्थलमें मुझसे भिड़कर अवरुद्ध हो जायँगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | adya paśyantu saṅgrāme dhanañjayam amarṣaṇam | viṣaktaṃ mayi durdharṣam aśmakūṭam ivāśmani |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Today, let all behold in the battle how Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)—impatient of affront and hard to withstand—when he clashes with me, will be checked and held fast, just as a mass of rock is stopped when it strikes solid stone.”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• पश्यन्तु: let (them) see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट्, imperative, 3, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• धनंजयम्: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अमर्षणम्: impatient/irascible, intolerant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विषक्तम्: clinging/attached; engaged (in combat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√सञ्ज् (सक्त)
• Form: क्त, masculine, accusative, singular

• मयि: in/against me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: 1, locative, singular

• दुर्धर्षम्: hard to assail/overpower
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर्ष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अश्मकूटम्: a heap/mass of rocks
• अश्मकूटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मकूट
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अश्मनि: on/against a rock
• अश्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)