Shloka 23

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

अद्याहवे यस्य न तुल्यमन्यं मन्ये मनुष्यं धनुराददानम्‌

Transliteration

adyāhave yasya na tulyam anyaṃ manye manuṣyaṃ dhanur ādadānam

Translation

سنجے نے کہا— “آج اس میدانِ جنگ میں، جب وہ اپنا کمان اٹھاتا ہے تو میرے نزدیک اس کے برابر کوئی دوسرا انسان نہیں۔”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: Avyaya (time adverb)

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• तुल्यम्: equal (match)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular (used predicatively)

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think / I consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, 1st person, Singular

• मनुष्यम्: a man
• मनुष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आददानम्: taking up / seizing
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (आददाति/आदत्ते)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• battlefield (āhava)