Shloka 19

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

कृत्वा तत्‌ कर्म लोकानामृषभ: सर्वलोकजित्‌ । अवधीस्त्वं रणे सर्वान्‌ समेतान्‌ दैत्यदानवान्‌,सम्पूर्ण लोकोंपर विजय पानेवाले आप लोकेश्चर प्रभुने वह कर्म करके सामना करनेके लिये आये हुए समस्त दैत्यों और दानवोंका युद्धस्थलमें वध किया

Transliteration

kṛtvā tat karma lokānām ṛṣabhaḥ sarvalokajit | avadhīs tvaṃ raṇe sarvān sametān daityadānavān ||

Translation

アルジュナは言った。「万有のうち最勝にして、諸世界を征服する者よ—民の安寧のためにその業を引き受け、あなたは戦場において、立ち向かわんと集まったダイティヤとダーナヴァのすべてを討ち滅ぼされた。」

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• लोकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ऋषभः: bull; best one (chief)
• ऋषभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वलोकजित्: conqueror of all worlds
• सर्वलोकजित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वलोकजित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवधीः: you slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समेतान्: assembled, gathered
• समेतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय from सम्-इ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दैत्यदानवान्: Daityas and Danavas
• दैत्यदानवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Daityas
• Dānavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents warfare as ethically defensible when it is undertaken as duty for the protection of the world (lokānām) and the restoration of order, rather than from anger, greed, or personal ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a supreme, world-conquering figure (praised as ṛṣabhaḥ, sarvalokajit) and recalls how that being performed a decisive act and, on the battlefield, killed the assembled Daityas and Dānavas who came to oppose him.