Shloka 26

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

न हाहं परिपश्यामि वधे कज्चन शुष्मिण:

Transliteration

na hāhaṁ paripaśyāmi vadhe kañcana śuṣmiṇaḥ

Translation

ہائے! مجھے کوئی ایسا آتشیں قوت والا مرد نظر نہیں آتا جو اس کا وध کر سکے۔

Word by Word

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

• हा: alas!/ah!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

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

• परिपश्यामि: I see/foresee clearly
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्य् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: present (lat), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• वधे: in (the matter of) killing/slaying
• वधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• कञ्चन: anyone (at all)
• कञ्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + चन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• शुष्मिणः: of the mighty/spirited one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्मिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra