Shloka 32

Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)

Devanagari script

अद्याहं सर्वपञ्चालै: कृत्वा भूमिं शरीरिणीम्‌ । प्रहत्यैकेकशस्तेषु भविष्याम्यनृण: पितु:,“आज समस्त पांचालोंके शरीरोंसे रणभूमिको शरीरधारिणी बनाकर एक-एक पांचालपर भरपूर प्रहार करके मैं अपने पिताके ऋणसे मुक्त हो जाऊँगा

Transliteration

adyāhaṁ sarvapañcālaiḥ kṛtvā bhūmiṁ śarīriṇīm | prahatyaikekaśas teṣu bhaviṣyāmy anṛṇaḥ pituḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Today, by strewing the earth with the bodies of all the Pāñcālas—making the battlefield itself seem embodied—I will strike them down one by one. Thus shall I be freed from the debt I owe my father.”

Word by Word

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: gender: —, case: nominative, number: singular

• सर्वपञ्चालैः: with all the Panchalas / by means of all Panchalas
• सर्वपञ्चालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपञ्चाल
• Form: gender: masculine, case: instrumental, number: plural

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), non-finite; agent understood = अहम्

• भूमिम्: the earth/ground
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: gender: feminine, case: accusative, number: singular

• शरीरिणीम्: embodied; having bodies (as it were)
• शरीरिणीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरिणी
• Form: gender: feminine, case: accusative, number: singular

• प्रहत्य: having struck down / having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हन्
• Form: absolutive (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समर्थ), non-finite; agent understood = अहम्

• एकेकशः: one by one
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकेकशस्
• Form: indeclinable (distributive adverb)

• तेषु: among them / on them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: gender: masculine, case: locative, number: plural

• भविष्यामि: I shall become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: tense: simple future (लृट्), person: 1st, number: singular, voice: parasmaipada

• अनृणः: free from debt
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण
• Form: gender: masculine, case: nominative, number: singular

• पितुः: of (my) father
• पितुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: gender: masculine, case: genitive, number: singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāñcālas
• father (pituḥ)
• bhūmi (earth/battlefield)