Shloka 59

Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)

Devanagari script

जघन्यकालमप्येतन्न भवेत्‌ सर्वपार्थिवान्‌ | निर्दहेयमहं क्रोधात्‌ तृणानीव हुताशन:

Transliteration

jaghanyakālam apy etan na bhavet sarvapārthivān | nirdaheyam ahaṃ krodhāt tṛṇānīva hutāśanaḥ ||

Translation

ଏହା ସମସ୍ତ ରାଜାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସବୁଠାରୁ ଜଘନ୍ୟ କାଳ ହେବ ନାହିଁ; କାରଣ କ୍ରୋଧ ଯଦି ମୋତେ ଆବରଣ କରେ, ତେବେ ଅଗ୍ନି ଯେପରି ଶୁଖିଲା ତୃଣକୁ ଦହେ, ସେପରି ମୁଁ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦହିଦେଇପାରିବି।

Word by Word

• जघन्यकालम्: the worst time (even the most critical moment)
• जघन्यकालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जघन्य-काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भवेत्: would be / should happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वपार्थिवान्: all kings
• सर्वपार्थिवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निर्दहेयम्: I would burn up / destroy by burning
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√दह्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• क्रोधात्: from anger / out of anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तृणानि: straws/blades of grass
• तृणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• हुताशनः: fire (the eater of oblations)
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• sarva-pārthivāḥ (all kings)
• hutāśana (fire)