Shloka 37

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

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

युधि वाप्यवमानो मे न कर्तव्य: कथज्चन । पश्य पीनौ मम भुजी वज़्संहननौ दृढौ

Transliteration

yudhi vāpyavamāno me na kartavyaḥ kathañcana | paśya pīnau mama bhujī vajrasaṃhananau dṛḍhau ||

Translation

Weder in der Schlacht noch außerhalb darfst du mir in irgendeiner Weise Verachtung zeigen. Sieh: Meine Arme sind dick und mächtig, mein Leib ist hart wie der Blitz und fest in seiner Kraft.

Word by Word

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अवमानः: insult/disrespect
• अवमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कर्तव्यः: to be done/should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथञ्चन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन

• पश्य: see/behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• पीनौ: full, stout
• पीनौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• मम: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• भुजी: arms
• भुजी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• वज्रसंहननौ: having adamantine/diamond-like compactness
• वज्रसंहननौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रसंहनन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• दृढौ: firm, strong
• दृढौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya