Shloka 76

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

न शक्‍्यते तेन जेतुं त्रिदशैरपि दुःसह: । कः पुनर्मानुषो भावो रणे पार्थ विजेष्यति

Transliteration

na śakyate tena jetuṃ tridaśair api duḥsahaḥ | kaḥ punar mānuṣo bhāvo raṇe pārtha vijeṣyati

Translation

Bhīmasena said: “That formidable one cannot be conquered by him—even by the gods. How then could any merely human power, O Pārtha, defeat him in battle?”

Word by Word

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

• शक्यते: is possible / can be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Karmani, 3, singular

• तेन: by him / by that (one)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• जेतुम्: to conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty-three)
• त्रिदशैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दुःसहः: hard to endure / formidable
• दुःसहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःसह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुनः: again / moreover / then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• मानुषः: human
• मानुषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भावः: being / person / creature
• भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• विजेष्यति: will conquer / will defeat
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Lrt, Parasmaipada, Kartari, 3, singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Tridaśa (the gods)