Shloka 443

Devanagari script

प्रमथिष्यामि गात्राणि शिरांसि च शितै: शरै: । “मधुसूदन! आज पैने बाणोंसे मैं अभिमन्युके समस्त शत्रुओंके शरीरों और मस्तकोंको मथ डालूँगा

Transliteration

pramathiṣyāmi gātrāṇi śirāṃsi ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “With my razor-sharp arrows I shall crush the limbs and sever the heads.” The line conveys the escalating ferocity of the battlefield, where martial prowess is asserted through vows of destruction, highlighting the ethical tension in war between duty as a warrior and the dehumanizing momentum of violence.

Word by Word

• प्रमथिष्यामि: I shall crush/churn/bruise
• प्रमथिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मथ्
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गात्राणि: limbs/bodies
• गात्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• शितैः: with sharp
• शितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)