Shloka 38

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

अवध्यानां वध कृत्वा राज्यं वा नरकोत्तरम्‌

Transliteration

avadhyānāṁ vadhaṁ kṛtvā rājyaṁ vā narakottaram

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「討つべからざる者を討って国を得ることはできよう。だがそれは『地獄にも勝る』報いとなる。非義の殺生で購われた王権は、ついには道義と霊性の堕落へと転ずるからだ。」

Word by Word

• अवध्यानाम्: of those who should not be slain / of the unslayable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वधम्: slaying, killing
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done / having committed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• नरकोत्तरम्: leading to hell / having hell as the consequence
• नरकोत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नरक + उत्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya