Shloka 9

Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

सदृशाक्षस्तव कथं शत्रुभिर्निहतो रणे । दुर्मरं बत वार्ष्णेय काले<प्राप्ते नृभि: सह

Transliteration

sadṛśākṣas tava kathaṁ śatrubhir nihato raṇe | durmaraṁ bata vārṣṇeya kāle prāpte nṛbhiḥ saha ||

Translation

सदृशाक्षस्तव कथं शत्रुभिर्निहतो रणे । दुर्मरं बत वार्ष्णेय काले प्राप्ते नृभिः सह ॥

Word by Word

• सदृशाक्षः: one having similar eyes (handsome-eyed)
• सदृशाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृशाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• शत्रुभिः: by enemies
• शत्रुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• निहतः: slain / killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दुर्मरम्: hard to die (invincible)
• दुर्मरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बत: alas / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बत

• वार्ष्णेय: O descendant of Vृष्णि (Krishna)
• वार्ष्णेय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• काले: when the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अप्राप्ते: had not arrived
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्राप्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• नृभिः: by men
• नृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sadṛśākṣa
• Vārṣṇeya
• śatravaḥ (enemies)