Shloka 19
Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation
Devanagari script
ताभ्यां यदकृतं वीर वीरकर्म महामृथे
Transliteration
tābhyāṁ yad akṛtaṁ vīra vīrakarma mahāmṛthe
Translation
“হে বীর, বীরকর্মা! সেই মহাযুদ্ধে যে কাজটি তাদের দুজনের দ্বারা সম্পন্ন হলো না…”
Word by Word
ताभ्याम्by/with those two (women/things)
ताभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्री, तृतीया, द्विवचन
यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
अकृतम्not done; undone
अकृतम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
वीरO hero
वीर:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
वीरकर्मO you of heroic deeds
वीरकर्म:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवीरकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
महामृधेin the great battle
महामृधे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहामृध्/महामृध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्री, सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line foregrounds the epic’s ethical lens on warfare: deeds in battle are evaluated as ‘heroic action’ (vīra-karma), inviting reflection on valor, responsibility, and the consequences of what warriors ‘accomplish’ amid violence.
Sañjaya, as the battlefield reporter, addresses a warrior as ‘hero’ and asks what was done by ‘those two’ in the great battle—introducing or continuing an account of a significant pair of combatants and their actions.