Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यदि होन॑ नाहनिष्यत्‌ कर्ण: शक्‍्त्या महामृथे

Transliteration

yadi hon nāhaniṣyat karṇaḥ śaktyā mahāmṛdhe

Translation

قال فايُو: «لو أن كارنا، في تلك المعركة العظمى، لم يقتلْ (إياه) بسلاحِ الشكتي…»

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• हो: indeed/then (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हो

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहन्: day
• अहन्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहन्: day
• अहन्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इष्यत्: would wish/seek (reading uncertain)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Conditional/Optative-like (uncertain reading), 3rd, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्त्या: with the spear/weapon (śakti)
• शक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महामृथे: in the great battle
• महामृथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामृध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Karṇa
• Śakti (weapon)