Shloka 14

Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca

Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance

Devanagari script

नैषां पश्यामि हन्तारं प्राणिनां संयुगे क्वचित्‌ । विक्रमेणोपसम्पन्नास्तपोबलसमन्विता:

Transliteration

naiṣāṃ paśyāmi hantāraṃ prāṇināṃ saṃyuge kvacit | vikrameṇopasampannās tapobalasamanvitāḥ ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「戦場において、これらの生きものに対する『殺し手』を、私はいついかなる時も見いだせない。彼らは武勇に満ち、苦行（タパス）より生じた力に支えられている—ゆえに、ただ一人を殺害者として指し示すことはできぬように思われる。」

Word by Word

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

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: common, genitive, plural

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• हन्तारम्: slayer, killer
• हन्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हन्तृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• क्वचित्: ever, anywhere, at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित्

• विक्रमेण: by valor
• विक्रमेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• उपसम्पन्नाः: endowed, possessed
• उपसम्पन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-सम्-पद्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• तपोबलसमन्विताः: endowed with the power of austerity
• तपोबलसमन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्-बल-समन्वित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira