Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अहमप्यस्य मूर्धानं पातयिष्यामि सायकै: । मन्यते छिन्नबाहुं मां भूरिश्रवसमाहवे

Transliteration

aham apy asya mūrdhānaṁ pātayiṣyāmi sāyakaiḥ | manyate chinnabāhuṁ māṁ bhūriśravasam āhave ||

Translation

నేనూ నా బాణాలతో ఇతని శిరస్సును పడగొడతాను. యుద్ధరంగంలో భూరిశ్రవసుడు నన్ను చేతులు తెగినవాడిగా భావిస్తున్నాడు.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अस्य: of him/of this (man)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• मूर्धानम्: head
• मूर्धानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पातयिष्यामि: I will cause to fall / strike down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• मन्यते: he thinks/supposes
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: present (laṭ), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• छिन्नबाहुम्: me whose arms are cut off
• छिन्नबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नबाहु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• भूरिश्रवसम्: Bhūriśravas
• भूरिश्रवसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्रवस्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhūriśravas
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how battlefield pride and contempt for an opponent (“he thinks me armless”) can provoke retaliatory resolve, illustrating the ethical tension in war where personal insult and vengeance can eclipse restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warrior’s fierce intention to behead an adversary with arrows, responding to Bhūriśravas’s belief that the speaker is already disabled (with arms cut off) and thus to be disregarded in combat.