Shloka 59

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५४: दुर्योधनस्य धृतराष्ट्रं प्रति बलप्रशंसन-युक्तः आश्वासनवादः

Duryodhana’s Reassurance and Force-Praise to Dhritarashtra

Devanagari script

अर्जुनं वयमस्मान्‌ वा निहन्यात्‌ कपिकेतन: । त॑ चालमिति मन्यन्ते सव्यसाचिवधे धृता:

Transliteration

arjunaṁ vayam asmān vā nihanyāt kapiketanaḥ | taṁ cālam iti manyante savyasācivadhe dhṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Duryodhana disse: “Ou Arjuna, o do estandarte do macaco, poderá matar-nos, ou nós poderemos matá-lo. Contudo, os que estão decididos a matar Savyasācin pensam: ‘Isso basta.’”

Word by Word

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• निहन्यात्: might kill / should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कपिकेतनः: he whose banner bears a monkey (Arjuna)
• कपिकेतनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिकेतन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अलम्: enough; sufficient; that is enough
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम्

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

• मन्यन्ते: they think / consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• सव्यसाचि-वधे: in the killing of Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचि-वधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचि-वध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धृताः: resolved; determined; steadfast
• धृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Arjuna
• Kapiketana (Arjuna’s epithet)
• Savyasācin (Arjuna’s epithet)
• Hanumān (implied by ‘ape-banner’)