Shloka 48

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

वृद्धबालौ न हन्तव्यौ न च स्त्री नैव पृछत:

Transliteration

vṛddhabālau na hantavyau na ca strī naiva pṛcchataḥ

Translation

वृद्धबालौ न हन्तव्यौ न च स्त्री नैव पृच्छतः।

Word by Word

• वृद्धबालौ: the old and the child (two persons)
• वृद्धबालौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध + बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हन्तव्यौ: to be killed / should be killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/future passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• स्त्री: a woman
• स्त्री: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पृच्छतः: (they) ask / inquire
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Lat (present), Parasmaipada, Third, Dual

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• the aged (vṛddha)
• children/the young (bāla)
• women (strī)