Shloka 7

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

यो बाल एव समरे सम्मित: सव्यसाचिना । केशवेन च दुर्धर्षो बलदेवेन वा विभो

Transliteration

yo bāla eva samare sammitaẖ savyasācinā | keśavena ca durdharṣo baladevena vā vibho ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: «ذاك الذي، وهو بعدُ غلام، كان يُعادِلُه في ساحة القتال سَفْيَسَاتْشِين (أرجونا)، والذي يعسر احتمالُه حتى على كيشافا (كريشنا) أو على بالاديفا الجبّار—يا مولاي.»

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बालः: a boy; a child
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सम्मितः: measured against; matched; compared
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मि (मित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• सव्यसाचिना: by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• केशवेन: by Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• दुर्धर्षः: hard to assail; unconquerable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलदेवेन: by Baladeva
• बलदेवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• विभो: O mighty one; O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Baladeva (Balarāma)