Shloka 30

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

उनमेंसे कुछ उड़ानोंके

Transliteration

kartāsmi miṣatāṁ vo 'dya tato drakṣyatha me balam | teṣām anyatamena ahaṁ patiṣyāmi vihāyasam ||

Translation

Kāka sprach: „Noch heute, während ihr zuschaut, werde ich handeln—dann werdet ihr meine Kraft sehen. Durch eine jener Flugweisen werde ich mich in den Himmel erheben.“

Word by Word

• कर्तास्मि: I am (the) doer / I will do
• कर्तास्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन

• मिषताम्: of (you) who are looking on / while (you) watch
• मिषताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिष् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• उद्य: having risen / having gone up
• उद्य: Karna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + या (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• द्रक्ष्यथ: you will see
• द्रक्ष्यथ: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यम, बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• बलम्: strength, power
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of those (among them)
• तेषाम्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अन्यतमेन: by one (of them), by some one
• अन्यतमेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्यतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पतिष्यामि: I will fly / I will fall (move through the air)
• पतिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तम, एकवचन

• विहायसम्: the sky, the open air
• विहायसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहायस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

काक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• काक (Kāka, the crow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the performative nature of boasting: claims of power are tested by action in public view. Ethically, it contrasts mere assertion with demonstrable capability, a recurring Mahābhārata concern in evaluating worth and credibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker, Kāka (the crow), declares that while the audience watches he will demonstrate his strength by taking flight using one among the previously enumerated styles or techniques of flying.