Shloka 77

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration

Sañjaya’s Report

Devanagari script

अयं सम युद्धे मन्यते<न्यैरजेयं तमेकलव्यं नाम निषादराजम्‌ | वेगेनैव शैलमभिहत्य जम्भ: शेते स कृष्णेन हत: परासु:,“ये भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण उस निषादराज एकलव्यको सदा युद्धके लिये ललकारा करते थे, जो दूसरोंके लिये अजेय था; परंतु वह श्रीकृष्णके हाथसे मारा जाकर प्राणशून्य हो सदाके लिये रणशय्यामें सो रहा है, ठीक उसी तरह, जैसे जम्भ नामक दैत्य स्वयं ही वेगपूर्वक पर्वतपर आघात करके प्राणशून्य हो महानिद्रामें निमग्न हो गया था

Transliteration

ayaṁ samyuddhe manyate 'nyair ajeyaṁ tam ekalavyaṁ nāma niṣādarājam | vegenaiva śailam abhihatya jambhaḥ śete sa kṛṣṇena hataḥ parāsuḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“那位名为埃迦罗婆耶的尼沙陀王——在他人眼中于战阵中不可战胜——曾屡次被世尊圣克里希纳召唤挑战。然今他已被克里希纳所诛，气绝身亡，横卧战场；正如名为阇婆的阿修罗，凭自身猛力疾冲，撞击山岳而自毙，遂沉入死亡之眠。”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्: completely; together (prefix-like)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मन्यते: thinks; considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• अन्यैः: by others
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अजेयम्: unconquerable
• अजेयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकलव्यम्: Ekalavya
• एकलव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: एकलव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: named
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• निषादराजम्: king of the Niṣādas
• निषादराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषादराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेगेन: with speed; forcefully
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शैलम्: a mountain
• शैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिहत्य: having struck; having smitten
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• जम्भः: Jambha (a demon)
• जम्भः: Karta
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: जम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शेते: lies; rests
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शेते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हतः: killed; slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परासुः: lifeless; bereft of breath
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परासु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Ekalavya
• Niṣāda-rāja (king of the Niṣādas)
• Jambha
• Śaila (mountain)
• Raṇaśayyā (battlefield as a bed of death)