Shloka 53

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

नहि ते संयुगे पीडां शक्त: कर्तु महाबल: । तस्मादद्य महाबाहो यत्नाद्‌ भीष्ममभिद्रव

Transliteration

nahi te saṁyuge pīḍāṁ śaktaḥ kartuṁ mahābalaḥ | tasmād adya mahābāho yatnād bhīṣmam abhidrava ||

Translation

ସେ ମହାବଳୀ ଯୋଦ୍ଧା ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ତୁମକୁ ପୀଡା ଦେଇପାରିବେ ନାହିଁ। ତେଣୁ, ହେ ମହାବାହୋ, ଆଜି ଯତ୍ନପୂର୍ବକ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କୁ ଅଭିଦ୍ରବ କର।

Word by Word

• नहि: indeed not / surely not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नहि

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पीडाम्: pain, distress
• पीडाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्तः: able
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do, to make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Infinitive

• महाबलः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

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

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्नात्: with effort, strenuously
• यत्नात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिद्रव: attack, rush upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (द्रव्)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma