Shloka 10

Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization

Devanagari script

अशक्तेन च यच्छप्तं भीमसेनेन पाण्डव । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पीयतां यदि शक्‍्यते,पाए्डुपुत्र! तुम्हारे भाई भीमसेनने उस समय कुछ करनेमें असमर्थ होनेके कारण जो दुर्ववन कहा था, उसे याद करके वे आवें और यदि शक्ति हो, तो दुःशासनका रक्त पीयें

Transliteration

aśaktena ca yacchaptaṃ bhīmasenena pāṇḍava | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ pīyatāṃ yadi śakyate ||

Translation

ウルーカは言った。「パーンダヴァよ、ビーマセーナが手も足も出なかったあの時に吐いた、凄烈な誓いを思い出せ。いま来るがよい――そして、もし真に力があるのなら、ドゥフシャーサナの血を飲め！」

Word by Word

• अशक्तेन: by (one who is) unable
• अशक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशक्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्: which (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शप्तम्: cursed/uttered as an imprecation
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डव: O Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुःशासनस्य: of Duhshasana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पीयताम्: let (it) be drunk / may (he) drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• शक्यते: is possible
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: लट् (present), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

उलूक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ulūka
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Pāṇḍava(s)
• Duḥśāsana