Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

श्रेणिमांश्न महाराज युध्यमान: पराक्रमी | कृत्वा नसुकरं कर्म गतो वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌,महाराज! पराक्रमपूर्वक युद्ध करनेवाले श्रेणिमानने युद्धमें दुष्कर कर्म करके यमलोकके मार्गका आश्रय लिया है

Transliteration

śreṇimān sma mahārāja yudhyamānaḥ parākramī | kṛtvā na sukaraṃ karma gato vaivasvatakṣayam, mahārāja |

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—মহারাজ! পরাক্রমে যুদ্ধরত শ্রেণিমান রণক্ষেত্রে এক দুষ্কর কর্ম সাধন করে বৈবস্বত (যম)-এর ধামে গমন করল।

Word by Word

• śreṇimān: possessing a troop/array (in ranks)
• śreṇimān: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṇimat
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• mahārāja: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahārāja
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• yudhyamānaḥ: fighting
• yudhyamānaḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: yudh
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Śatṛ (present active participle)

• parākramī: valiant, mighty
• parākramī: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parākramin
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kṛtvā: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: Ktva (absolutive/gerund)

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• sukaraṃ: easy (to do)
• sukaraṃ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukara
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• karma: deed, act
• karma: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• gataḥ: gone, departed
• gataḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Kta (past passive participle)

• vai: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai

• vaivasvata-kṣayam: the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., death/realm of Yama
• vaivasvata-kṣayam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaivasvata-kṣaya
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śreṇimān
• Vaivasvata (Yama)
• Vaivasvata-kṣaya (Yama’s abode)