Shloka 45
Devanagari script
अद्य निर्धान॑राष्ट्रां च भ्रात्रे दास्यामि मेदिनीम्
Transliteration
adya nirdhāna-rāṣṭrāṁ ca bhrātre dāsyāmi medinīm
Translation
سنجے نے کہا— “آج میں یہ زمین اپنے بھائی کے حوالے کر دوں گا، اور دھرتراشٹروں کو بالکل مفلس کر دوں گا۔”
Word by Word
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
निर्धानराष्ट्रान्the impoverished (destitute) subjects/people of the realm
निर्धानराष्ट्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्धानराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
भ्रात्रेto (my) brother
भ्रात्रे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
दास्यामिI will give
दास्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
मेदिनीम्the earth (land)
मेदिनीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमेदिनी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)ध
धृतराष्ट्राः / धार्तराष्ट्राः (Dhārtarāṣṭras, i.e., the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)भ
भ्राता (brother, unspecified)म
मेदिनी (the earth/kingdom)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in the Mahābhārata’s war-ethic, sovereignty is treated as a moral trust: victory is imagined not merely as conquest but as rightful transfer of the realm, while wrongdoing is expected to culminate in loss and destitution.
Sañjaya reports a forceful declaration of intent: the speaker vows that on this very day the earth/kingdom will be given to his brother, and that the Dhārtarāṣṭras will be reduced to ruin—signaling an imminent, decisive turn in the battle.