Shloka 12

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness

Devanagari script

अहं तु ताञ्छितैर्बाणैरनुनीय रणे बलात्‌

Transliteration

ahaṃ tu tāñ chitaibāṇair anūnīya raṇe balāt

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Mas eu, no meio da batalha, pela força os subjuguei com flechas de pontas agudas.” A linha transmite a ética sombria do conflito kṣatriya: a persuasão cede à coerção quando o campo de batalha exige conter o oponente de modo decisivo.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• छितैः: with sharp/keen
• छितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छित
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अनुनीय: having led/induced
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-नी
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), —, —

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• बलात्: by force/forcibly
• बलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• arrows (bāṇa)
• battle (raṇa)