Shloka 86

Bhaṇḍāsurāhaṅkāra

The Mustering of the Daitya Forces and the Roar of War

Devanagari script

सखि संपत्करि प्रीत्या मम वाणी निशम्यतम् / अस्य युद्धमिदं देहि मम कर्तुं गुणोत्तरम्

Transliteration

sakhi saṃpatkari prītyā mama vāṇī niśamyatam / asya yuddhamidaṃ dehi mama kartuṃ guṇottaram

Translation

友人桑帕特迦丽啊，请欢喜聆听我的言语；把这场战斗交给我，让我以更胜的功德来成就它。

Word by Word

• sakhi: O friend
• sakhi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine vocative form (सम्बोधन), Singular; संबोधन-प्रथमा

• saṃpatkari: O Sampatkarī
• saṃpatkari: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpatkarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular

• prītyā: with affection
• prītyā: Karana/Hetu (करण/हेतु; manner/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• vāṇīm: speech, words
• vāṇīm: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• niśamyatām: let (it) be listened to
• niśamyatām: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-śam (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Imperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Singular; passive/impersonal polite command ‘let it be heard’

• asya: of this (one)
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular

• yuddham: battle
• yuddham: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun used adjectivally; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifies yuddham

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta, Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular

• mama: to me
• mama: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (Vedic/epic usage often same form as genitive)

• kartum: to make, to do
• kartum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kridanta, Infinitive (तुमुन्)

• guṇa-uttaram: superior, more excellent
• guṇa-uttaram: Karma-pravacaniya/Visheshana (विशेषण of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; predicate adjective to yuddham (make it ‘better in qualities’)