Shloka 38

Devanagari script

प्रशमे हि कृतो यत्न: सुमहान्‌ सुचिरं मया । न चैव शकित: कर्तु कर्ण सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते,कर्ण! मैं तुमसे सत्य कहता हूँ। मैंने कौरवों और पाण्डवोंमें शान्ति स्थापित करनेके लिये दीर्घकालतक महान्‌ प्रयत्न किया था; किंतु मैं उसमें कृतकार्य न हो सका

Transliteration

praśame hi kṛto yatnaḥ sumahān suciraṃ mayā | na caiva śakitaḥ kartuṃ karṇa satyaṃ bravīmi te ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Indeed, for the sake of peace I made a very great effort for a long time. Yet I was not able to accomplish it. Karṇa, I tell you the truth.”

Word by Word

• प्रशमे: in/for peace (pacification)
• प्रशमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कृतः: done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्नः: effort
• यत्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुचिर

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शकितः: able (having been able)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say/speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Karṇa