Shloka 56

Devanagari script

शरार्चिषा गाण्डिवेनाहमेक: सर्वान्‌ कुरून्‌ बाह्निकांश्चवाभिहत्य । हिमात्यये कक्षगतो यथाग्नि- स्तथा दहेयं सगणान्‌ प्रसह,“मैं अकेला ही बाणोंकी ज्वालासे युक्त गाण्डीव धनुषके द्वारा समस्त कौरवों और बाह्लिकोंको दल-बलसहित मारकर ग्रीष्म-ऋतुमें सूखे काठमें लगी हुई आगके समान सबको भस्म कर डालूँगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

śarārciṣā gāṇḍīvenāham ekaḥ sarvān kurūn bāhlikāṃś caivābhihatya |

himātyaye kakṣagato yathāgniḥ tathā daheyaṃ sagaṇān prasaha ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“我独自一人，执那被箭火映照、如焰炽然的甘狄婆弓，必将库鲁众与婆诃利迦众连同其诸军团尽数击杀；又如冬尽之时火势窜入丛莽，我将强行焚尽他们，使之化为灰烬。”

Word by Word

• शरार्चिषा: with the flame of arrows
• शरार्चिषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-अर्चिस्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• गाण्डिवेन: with the Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• गाण्डिवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• एकः: alone
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाह्निकान्: the Bāhlikas
• बाह्निकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्निक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभिहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (sense), —

• हिमात्यये: at the end of winter (in the hot season)
• हिमात्यये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम-अत्यय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कक्षगतो: having entered the dry brushwood
• कक्षगतो: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कक्ष-गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दहेयम्: I would burn / I shall burn (intended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), —, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सगणान्: together with their troops
• सगणान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-गण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रसह: forcibly, by force
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसह

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• Kurus
• Bāhlikas
• Agni (fire, as simile)