Shloka 18

धृतराष्ट्र–संजय संवादः: कर्ण–घटोत्कचयोर्निशायुद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Description of the Night Engagement of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

त्वया तस्य धनुश्छिन्नमात्मनाशाय दुर्मते

Transliteration

tvayā tasya dhanuś chinnam ātmanāśāya durmate

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «သင်က သူ၏ လေးကို ဖြတ်တောက်ခဲ့သည်—အဲဒီလုပ်ရပ်သည် သင့်ကိုယ်ပျက်စီးရာသို့ ခေါ်ဆောင်မည်၊ စိတ်ယုတ်မာသူရေ»။

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Tritiya (Instrumental), Ekavacana

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Pum, Shashthi (Genitive), Ekavacana

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathama (Nominative), Ekavacana

• छिन्नम्: cut / severed
• छिन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathama (Nominative), Ekavacana, क्त (past passive participle)

• आत्मनाशाय: for (your) self-destruction
• आत्मनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मनाश
• Form: Pum, Chaturthi (Dative), Ekavacana

• दुर्मते: O evil-minded one
• दुर्मते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मति
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanuḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, actions driven by a corrupt or reckless mind rebound upon the doer; harm inflicted in a spirit of adharma becomes a cause of one’s own downfall (ātmanāśa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior’s bow has been severed by the addressed person, and he frames this deed as ominous—predicting that it will bring ruin upon the doer, whom he rebukes as 'durmati' (evil-minded).