Shloka 14

Sundopasundayoḥ Tapas–Varadāna–Prasaṅgaḥ

Sunda and Upasunda: Austerities and the Boon

Devanagari script

यावच्च राजा पाज्चाल्यो नोद्यमे कुरुते मन: । सह पुन्रैर्महावीर्यैस्तावद्‌ विक्रम पार्थिव,पृथ्वीपते! जबतक पांचालनरेश अपने महा-पराक्रमी पुत्रोंके साथ हमारे ऊपर चढ़ाई करनेका विचार नहीं कर रहे हैं, तभीतक तुम अपना बल-विक्रम प्रकट कर लो

Transliteration

yāvac ca rājā pāñcālyo nodyame kurute manaḥ | saha putrair mahāvīryais tāvad vikrama pārthiva, pṛthvīpate ||

Translation

Karna said: “So long as the king of the Panchalas has not yet set his mind on marching against us with his mighty sons, you, O king—lord of the earth—should display your strength and valor now.”

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as / until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पाञ्चाल्यः: the king of Pañcāla (Pāñcālya)
• पाञ्चाल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation

• उद्यमे: in the undertaking / in the effort (to attack)
• उद्यमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• कुरुते: makes / sets (his mind)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: present tense (laṭ), 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada

• मनः: mind / intention
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: preposition-like indeclinable (with)

• पुत्रैः: with (his) sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• महा-वीर्यैः: with great prowess
• महा-वीर्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-वीर्य
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• तावत्: till then / so long
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat)

• विक्रम: valor / prowess
• विक्रम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular (used as object of implied verb 'show/manifest')

• पार्थिव: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पृथ्वीपते: O lord of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वीपति
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Panchala
• King of Panchala (Drupada)
• sons of Drupada