Shloka 44

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

एष युद्धे महादेवं तोषयिष्यति शंकरम्‌ । अस्त्रं पाशुपतं नाम तस्मात्‌ तुष्टादवाप्स्यति

Transliteration

eṣa yuddhe mahādevaṃ toṣayiṣyati śaṅkaram | astraṃ pāśupataṃ nāma tasmāt tuṣṭād avāpsyati |

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا— یہ جنگ میں مہادیو شنکر کو خوش کرے گا؛ اور جب وہ مہیشور راضی ہوں گے تو وہ اُن سے ‘پاشُوپت’ نامی اَستر حاصل کرے گا۔

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महादेवं: Mahādeva (the great god)
• महादेवं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तोषयिष्यति: will please/satisfy
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाशुपतम्: Pāśupata (of Paśupati)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: named/called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तुष्टात्: from (him) being pleased / from the pleased one
• तुष्टात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यति: will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahādeva
• Śaṅkara
• Pāśupata astra