Shloka 17

Śikhaṇḍinī’s Disclosure, Drupada’s Counsel, and the Petition to Yakṣa Sthūṇākarṇa

Udyoga Parva 192

Devanagari script

स्थविरो5स्मि महाबाहो मन्दप्राणविचेष्टित: । शस्त्राग्निना निर्दहेयं पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्‌

Transliteration

sthaviro 'smi mahābāho mandaprāṇaviceṣṭitaḥ | śastrāgninā nirdahēyaṁ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm ||

Translation

“โอ มหาพาหุ! เราชราแล้ว กำลังชีวิตและเรี่ยวแรงแห่งการเคลื่อนไหวก็อ่อนลง แต่ถึงกระนั้น ด้วยเพลิงแห่งศัสตรา เราจักเผาผลาญกองทัพปาณฑพให้มอดไหม้”

Word by Word

• स्थविरः: old, aged
• स्थविरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थविर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मन्दप्राणविचेष्टितः: one whose movements are with weak breath/feeble vitality
• मन्दप्राणविचेष्टितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्दप्राणविचेष्टित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शस्त्राग्निना: with the fire of weapons
• शस्त्राग्निना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्राग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निर्दहेयम्: I would burn up / I should burn
• निर्दहेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्दह्
• Form: Optative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनीकिनीम्: army, host
• अनीकिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीकिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• anīkinī (army)
• śastra (weapons)