Shloka 16

Chapter 61: Karṇa’s martial assurances and Bhīṣma’s strategic rebuttal in the Kuru assembly

Devanagari script

आवन्त्यकालिड्रजयद्रथेषु चेदिध्वजे तिष्ठति बाह्विके च । अहं हनिष्यामि सदा परेषां सहस्रशश्नायुतशश्न॒ योधान्‌,(कर्ण कहता था)--अवन्तीनरेश, कलिंगराज, जयद्रथ, चेदिश्रेष्ठ वीर तथा बाह्लिकके रहते हुए भी मैं सदा अकेला ही शत्रुओंके सहस्न-सहस्र एवं अयुत-अयुत योद्धाओंका संहार कर डालूँगा

Transliteration

āvantya-kāliṅga-jayadratheṣu cedi-dhvaje tiṣṭhati bāhvike ca | ahaṃ haniṣyāmi sadā pareṣāṃ sahasraśaś cāyutaśaś ca yodhān ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Даже если царь Аванти, царь Калинги, Джаядратха, лучший герой Чеди и Бахлика будут стоять твёрдо с поднятыми знамёнами, я всё равно, один и неустанно, истреблю воинов врага — тысячами и десятками тысяч».

Word by Word

• आवन्त्य: in/while the king of Avanti (is present)
• आवन्त्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवन्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कालिङ्ग: in/while the king of Kaliṅga (is present)
• कालिङ्ग: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जयद्रथेषु: among/with Jayadratha(s); with Jayadratha present
• जयद्रथेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• चेदिध्वजे: with Cedi-dhvaja (king of Cedi) present
• चेदिध्वजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदिध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठति: stands/is present
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाह्विके: with Bāhlika (Bāh(v)ika) present
• बाह्विके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्विक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• हनिष्यामि: I will slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Future (Simple Future), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• परेषाम्: of the enemies/others
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• अयुतशः: by ten-thousands; in ten-thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अयुतशस्

• योधान्: warriors
• योधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Avanti
• Kaliṅga
• Jayadratha
• Cedi
• Bāhlika
• dhvaja (banner/standard)