Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अद्यार्जुनं सगोविन्दं मानिनं च वृकोदरम्‌ । हन्यां शिष्टांस्तथा शत्रून्‌ कर्णस्यानृण्यमाप्नुयाम्‌

Transliteration

adyārjunaṁ sagovindaṁ māninaṁ ca vṛkodaram | hanyāṁ śiṣṭāṁs tathā śatrūn karṇasyānṛṇyam āpnuyām ||

Translation

စဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «ယနေ့ ငါသည် ဂోవိန္ဒ (ကృష్ణ) နှင့်အတူ အာဂျုနကိုလည်းကောင်း၊ မာနကြီးသော ဝೃကောဒရ (ဘီမ) ကိုလည်းကောင်း၊ ထို့ပြင် ကျန်ရှိသေးသော ရန်သူတို့ကိုလည်းကောင်း သတ်ဖြတ်မည်။ ထိုအခါမှသာ ကာဏ္ဏအပေါ် ငါ့အကြွေးကို ဆပ်ပြီး လွတ်မြောက်နိုင်မည်»။

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda (Krishna)
• गोविन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मानिनम्: proud, self-conceited
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• वृकोदरम्: Vrikodara (Bhima)
• वृकोदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हन्याम्: may I kill / I should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिष्टान्: remaining, left over
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus, likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनृण्यम्: freedom from debt, discharge of obligation
• अनृण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नुयाम्: may I attain / I should obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• Govinda (Krishna)
• Vrikodara (Bhima)
• Karna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the powerful pull of ṛṇa (debt/obligation) and loyalty in a warrior ethos: the speaker frames extreme violence as a means to become “debt-free” to Karna, showing how personal obligation can override broader ethical restraint and intensify the drive for total victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Kurukṣetra war, Sanjaya reports a vow-like resolve: to kill Arjuna along with Krishna, and also Bhima and the remaining foes, claiming that only by such decisive slaughter could one repay or discharge what is owed to Karna.