Shloka 47

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

नास्ति चाप्यमरत्वं वै मनुष्यस्य कथंचन

Transliteration

nāsti cāpy amaratvaṃ vai manuṣyasya kathaṃcana

Translation

Sañjaya said: “For a human being, there is truly no immortality—by any means whatsoever.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed/for sure
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• मनुष्यस्य: of a human (being)
• मनुष्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• manuṣya (human being)