Shloka 11

Abhimanyu’s Assault on Bhīṣma’s Screen; Banner-Felling and Reinforcements (सौभद्र-भीष्म-समरः)

Devanagari script

अफलाकाडुक्षिभियज्ञो 3 विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते । यष्टव्यमेवेति मन: समाधाय स सात््विक:३

Transliteration

aphalākāṅkṣibhir yajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate | yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ ||

Translation

ਜੋ ਯੱਗ ਫਲ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ, ਸ਼ਾਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਕੇਵਲ ‘ਇਹ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੀ ਕਰਤੱਬ ਹੈ’—ਇਸ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਨਾਲ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸਾਤ੍ਤਵਿਕ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः: by those who do not desire fruit (reward)
• अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अफलाकाङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधि-दृष्टः: enjoined/seen in the injunction (scriptural rule)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधिदृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: which/that (sacrifice) which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इज्यते: is performed/worshipped (is sacrificed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

• यष्टव्यम्: to be performed (ought to be sacrificed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (tavya)

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समाधाय: having fixed/settled (having resolved)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), Active

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सात्त्विकः: sattvic (of the quality of sattva)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सात्त्विक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• yajña (sacrifice)