Shloka 36

Book 10, Adhyāya 12: Aśvatthāmā’s Request for the Cakra and the Brahmaśiras Context

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो मया द्रौणिमामिदं प्रत्युवाच ह । प्रयुज्य भवते पूजां योत्स्ये कृष्ण त्ववा सह

Transliteration

evam ukto mayā drauṇimām idaṁ pratyuvāca ha | prayujya bhavate pūjāṁ yotsye kṛṣṇa tvayā saha

Translation

わたしがこのように告げると、ドラウニは答えた。「しかるべき礼をもってあなたを敬い奉ったのち、ああクリシュナよ、わたしはあなたと共に戦おう。」

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• द्रौणिम्: Drauni (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रौणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आम्: indeed / surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रत्युवाच: replied / answered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• प्रयुज्य: having rendered / having offered
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: absolutive/gerund (ल्यप्), parasmaipada

• भवते: to you (sir)
• भवते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• पूजाम्: honour / worship
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• योत्स्ये: I shall fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: simple future (लृट्), 1st, singular, ātmanepada

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)
• Kṛṣṇa