Shloka 9

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation

Devanagari script

इदं तु नीचाचरितमसत्पुरुषसेवितम्‌ | कथमाचरितं पार्थ पापकर्म सुदुष्करम्‌,पार्थ! यह नीच पुरुषोंद्वारा आचरित और दुष्ट पुरुषोंद्वारा सेवित अत्यन्त दुष्कर पापकर्म तुमने कैसे किया?

Transliteration

idaṃ tu nīcācaritam asatpuruṣa-sevitam | katham ācaritaṃ pārtha pāpakarma suduṣkaram ||

Translation

Bhūriśravā said: “This deed is base in conduct, the haunt of ignoble men. How, O Pārtha, did you come to perform so grievous and most difficult a sin?”

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• nīca-ācaritam: practised by the base (people)
• nīca-ācaritam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīca-ācarita
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• asat-puruṣa-sevitam: frequented/served by wicked men
• asat-puruṣa-sevitam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asat-puruṣa-sevita
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• katham: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham

• ācaritam: done/practised
• ācaritam: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-car (dhātu: car)
• Form: past passive participle (kta), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• pārtha: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• pāpa-karmā: sinful deed
• pāpa-karmā: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-karma
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• su-duṣkaram: very difficult (to do)
• su-duṣkaram: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-duṣkara
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

Speaker

भूरिश्रवा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhūriśravas
• Pārtha (Arjuna)