Shloka 29

कृपोपदेशः — द्रौणेरनिद्रा च

Kṛpa’s Counsel and Drauṇi’s Sleepless Resolve

Devanagari script

यक्षायं मित्रपक्षो मे मयि जीवति निर्जित:

Transliteration

yakṣāyaṁ mitrapakṣo me mayi jīvati nirjitaḥ

Translation

Kṛpa said: “This one is like a yakṣa—my ally and supporter—yet while I still live, he has been overcome.”

Word by Word

• यक्ष: O Yaksha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मित्रपक्षः: the side/party of friends
• मित्रपक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मयि: in me / when I (am)
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• जीवति: lives / is alive
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निर्जितः: conquered / defeated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa
• yakṣa (as a comparison)