Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 25

Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda

Disclosure and Consolation

Devanagari script

हते शल्ये तु शकुनिं सहदेवो महामना: । आहर्तारें कलेस्तस्य जघानामितविक्रम:,शल्यके मारे जानेपर अमित पराक्रमी महामना सहदेवने कलहकी नींव डालनेवाले शकुनिको मार दिया

Transliteration

hate śalye tu śakuniṁ sahadevo mahāmanāḥ | āhartāraṁ kalestasya jaghānāmitavikramaḥ ||

Translation

ਸ਼ਲ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਮਾਰੇ ਜਾਣ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਅਮਿਤ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮੀ ਮਹਾਮਨਾ ਸਹਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਕਲੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ ਬੋਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸ਼ਕੁਨੀ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• हते: when (he) was slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शल्ये: in/when Shalya
• शल्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शकुनिम्: Shakuni
• शकुनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-souled
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आहर्तारम्: the bringer/instigator
• आहर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कलेः: of strife (Kali)
• कलेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जघान: slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमितविक्रमः: of immeasurable prowess
• अमितविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमितविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Śalya
• Śakuni
• Sahadeva
• Kali (as strife/quarrel)