Shloka 14

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

तदिदं हतभूयिष्ठं बल॑ मम नराधिप । पूर्वमप्यल्पकै: पार्थर्हत॑ं किमुत साम्प्रतम्‌

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, mein Heer ist nun zum größten Teil erschlagen, nahezu vernichtet. Schon früher, als unsere Streitmacht noch vollständig war, haben die Söhne Kuntīs, obwohl wenige, das Heer der Kauravas zerstört; was soll man erst von der Gegenwart sagen?“

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• hata-bhūyiṣṭham: mostly slain / with the greater part killed
• hata-bhūyiṣṭham: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata-bhūyiṣṭha
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• balam: army, force
• balam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• nara-adhipa: O king (lord of men)
• nara-adhipa: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara-adhipa
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• pūrvam: formerly, earlier
• pūrvam: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva

• api: even, also
• api: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• alpakaiḥ: by a few (men)
• alpakaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpaka
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• pārtha: O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā)
• pārtha: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• hatam: slain, destroyed
• hatam: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• uta: then, moreover
• uta: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uta

• sāmpratam: now, at present
• sāmpratam: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata

Speaker

संजय उवाच