Shloka 5

Jaitrya-nimitta: Signs of Prospective Victory and the Priority of Conciliation (जयलक्षण-निमित्त तथा सान्त्व-प्रधान नीति)

Devanagari script

उदीर्णमनसो योधा वाहनानि च भारत । यस्यां भवन्ति सेनायां ध्रुवं तस्यां परो जय:,भरतनन्दन! जिस सेनाके योद्धा और वाहन मनमें प्रसन्न एवं उत्साहयुक्त होते हैं, उसकी उत्तम विजय अवश्य होती है

Transliteration

udīrṇamanaso yodhā vāhanāni ca bhārata | yasyāṃ bhavanti senāyāṃ dhruvaṃ tasyāṃ paro jayaḥ ||

Translation

हे भारत! ज्या सेनेत योद्धे आणि त्यांची वाहने प्रसन्न व उत्साही मनाची असतात, त्या सेनेचा परम विजय निश्चित असतो.

Word by Word

• उदीर्णमनसः: of uplifted/ardent mind
• उदीर्णमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीर्ण-मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाहनानि: vehicles/mounts
• वाहनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यस्याम्: in which
• यस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भवन्ति: are/become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सेनायाम्: in the army
• सेनायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव

• तस्याम्: in that (army)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• परः: supreme/excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O delight of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• senā (army)
• yodhāḥ (warriors)
• vāhanāni (mounts/vehicles)