Shloka 38

इन्द्रजिद्-लक्ष्मणयुद्धम्

Indrajit and Lakṣmaṇa: Escalation through Concealment

Devanagari script

तमेवान्विष भद्र| ते कि ते योधैर्निपातितै: । अनामिषमिदं कर्म कथं वा मन्यते भवान्‌,भैया! आपका भला हो, आप जयद्रथकी ही खोज करें, इन (निरीह) सैनिकोंको मारनेसे क्या लाभ? यह कार्य तो निष्फल दिखायी देता है अथवा आप इसे कैसा समझते हैं?

Transliteration

tam evānviṣa bhadra | te ki te yodhair nipātitaiḥ | anāmiṣam idaṃ karma kathaṃ vā manyate bhavān, bhaiyā!

Translation

Arjuna said: “Seek only him—Jayadratha—O noble one. What gain is there for you in having these warriors struck down? This deed seems to yield no true fruit; how do you yourself judge it, brother?”

Word by Word

• तम्: him (that one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्विष: seek (after), search for
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-इष्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्र: O good one / O noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

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

• ते: by them / with them
• ते: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• योधैः: by warriors/soldiers
• योधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• निपातितैः: felled/slain
• निपातितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनामिषम्: fruitless, without gain
• अनामिषम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामिष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्म: act/deed
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• मन्यते: thinks/considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Jayadratha