Shloka 12

Kuntī–Karṇa Saṃvāda: Lineage Disclosure and Appeal to Fraternal Dharma

Devanagari script

पाण्डवाश्षेदिपज्चाला यादवाक्ष समागता: । भारतै: सह योत्स्यन्ति कि नु दुःखमत: परम्‌,'पाण्डव, चेदि, पांचाल और यादव एकत्र होकर भरतवंशियोंके साथ युद्ध करेंगे, इससे बढ़कर दुःखकी बात और क्या हो सकती है?

Transliteration

pāṇḍavāś cedipañcālā yādavāś ca samāgatāḥ | bhārataiḥ saha yotsyanti ki nu duḥkham ataḥ param ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «لقد اجتمع الباندافا والچيدي والبانتشالا واليادافا، وسيقاتلون معًا آلَ بهاراتا. فأيُّ حزنٍ أعظم من هذا؟»

Word by Word

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चेदिपाञ्चालाः: the Cedis and the Panchalas
• चेदिपाञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदि + पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यादवाः: the Yadavas
• यादवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• समागताः: assembled / having come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle; used adjectivally)

• भारतैः: with/against the Bharatas
• भारतैः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• योत्स्यन्ति: they will fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नु: indeed / then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• दुःखम्: sorrow, grief
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अतः: than this / from this
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: greater, beyond
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Comparative (used as 'greater')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Cedi
• Pāñcālas
• Yādavas
• Bhāratas