Shloka 12

अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः

Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation

Devanagari script

जयद्रथे च निहते तव भ्रातृषु चानघ । लक्ष्मणे तव पुत्रे च किं शेषं पर्युपास्महे,'ऐसी दशामें मैं यहाँ तुम्हारे लिये कुछ हितकी बात बताऊँगा। अनघ! पितामह भीष्म, आचार्य द्रोण, महारथी कर्ण, जयद्रथ तथा तुम्हारे सभी भाई मारे जा चुके हैं। तुम्हारा पुत्र लक्ष्मण भी जीवित नहीं है। अब दूसरा कौन बच गया है, जिसका हमलोग आश्रय ग्रहण करें

Transliteration

jayadrathe ca nihate tava bhrātṛṣu cānagha | lakṣmaṇe tava putre ca kiṁ śeṣaṁ paryupāsmahe ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “When Jayadratha has been slain, and your brothers too, O blameless one—and when your son Lakshmana also is no more—what remains for us to rely upon? Whom else can we now look to for refuge?”

Word by Word

• जयद्रथे: in/when Jayadratha (was)
• जयद्रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• निहते: when (he) was slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, —

• भ्रातृषु: among your brothers / when your brothers (were)
• भ्रातृषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लक्ष्मणे: in/when Lakshmana (was)
• लक्ष्मणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, —

• पुत्रे: in/when (your) son (was)
• पुत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शेषम्: remaining/left
• शेषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परि: around; (as preverb) completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि
• Form: true

• उपास्महे: we sit near; we resort to; we take refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Plural, Atmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (implied by 'tava')
• Jayadratha
• Kaurava brothers (Dhritarashtra's sons, implied)
• Lakshmana (son of Dhritarashtra, as per Gita Press Hindi gloss)