Shloka 26

Devanagari script

किमन्यत्क्रोधलोभाशभ्यां युद्धमेवाद्य सात्वत । त॑ तथावादिन तत्र सात्यकि: प्रत्यभाषत

Transliteration

kim anyat krodha-lobhāśabhyāṁ yuddham eva adya sātvatāḥ | taṁ tathā-vādinaṁ tatra sātyakiḥ pratyabhāṣata ||

Translation

किमन्यत्क्रोधलोभाभ्यां युद्धमेवाद्य सात्वत । तं तथावादिनं तत्र सात्यकिः प्रत्यभाषत ॥

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अन्यत्: other (else)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• क्रोध: by anger
• क्रोध: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: masculine, instrumental, dual

• लोभाभ्याम्: by greed
• लोभाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, dual

• युद्धम्: battle, fighting
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• सात्वत: O Sātvata (descendant of Sātvata)
• Type: Noun (vocative proper/epithet)
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तथा: thus, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वादिन्: when (he) speaking / in the speaker
• वादिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वादिन्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रत्यभाषत: replied, spoke in return
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-भाष्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
• Sātvata (address/title)