Shloka 183

Prajñā as Pratiṣṭhā — Indra–Kāśyapa Saṃvāda (Śānti-parva 12.173)

Devanagari script

हन्तव्यो5यं मम मतिर्भवद्धिरिति राक्षसा: | 'राक्षसो! यह पापाचारी, पापकर्मा और पापात्मा है। इसके सारे साधन पापमय हैं; अतः तुम्हें इसका वध कर देना चाहिये, यही मेरा मत है”

Transliteration

hantavyo ’yaṃ mama matir bhavadbhir iti rākṣasāḥ |

Translation

Bhishma said: “This one ought to be slain—such is my considered judgment, O Rakshasas. He is a sinner in conduct, sinful in deeds, and sinful in nature; all his means and resources are tainted by wrongdoing. Therefore you should put him to death.”

Word by Word

• हन्तव्यः: to be killed / must be slain
• हन्तव्यः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मतिः: opinion / view
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवद्भिः: by you (honorific, plural)
• भवद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• इति: thus / saying
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• राक्षसाः: the rakshasas / demons
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rakshasas