Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एष तिष्ठति कौन्तेय: संस्पृशन्‌ गाण्डिवं धनु: । त॑ हनिष्यसि चेदद्य तन्न: श्रेयो भविष्यति,'ये कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुन हाथमें गाण्डीव धनुष लिये हुए खड़े हैं। यदि तुम आज उनको मार डालोगे तो वह हमलोगोंके लिये श्रेयस्कर होगा

Transliteration

eṣa tiṣṭhati kaunteyaḥ saṁspṛśan gāṇḍīvaṁ dhanuḥ | taṁ haniṣyasi ced adya tan naḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

“ਵੇਖੋ, ਕੌਂਤੇਯ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਗਾਂਡੀਵ ਧਨੁਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਖੜਾ ਹੈ। ਜੇ ਤੂੰ ਅੱਜ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰ ਸਕੇਂ, ਤਾਂ ਉਹੀ ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਭਲਾ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तिष्ठति: stands
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेयः: son of Kunti (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संस्पृशन्: touching / holding
• Type: Verb
• Root: संस्पृश्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गाण्डिवम्: Gāṇḍīva (bow-name)
• गाण्डिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डिव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हनिष्यसि: you will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

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

• तत्: that (act/result)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नः: for us / of us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: First, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेयः: good, welfare, betterment
• श्रेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kuntī
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)