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Shloka 112.18Unverified draft

नैकान्तविजयो युद्धे भूतपूर्वः कदाचन । परैर्वा हन्यते वीरः परान्वा हन्ति संयुगे ।।6.112.18।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
naikāntavijayo yuddhe bhūtapūrvaḥ kadācanaनैकान्तविजयो युद्धे भूतपूर्वः कदाचनnever at any time has there been certain victory in battlenegation + nominative compound + locative + nominative compound adjective + adverb
parairvā hanyate vīraḥ parānvā hanti saṃyugeपरैर्वा हन्यते वीरः परान्वा हन्ति संयुगेeither a hero is slain by others, or he slays others in battleinstrumental + particle + passive verb + nominative + accusative + particle + verb + locative

Reference: 6.112.18 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa