Shloka 62

Devanagari script

कि नु शक्‍्यं मया कर्तु कार्य यदिदमुद्यतम्‌

Transliteration

ki nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ kāryaṃ yad idam udyatam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “What, indeed, can I do—what duty or task is within my power—regarding this enterprise that has now been set in motion?”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• शक्यम्: possible/feasible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: instrumental, singular

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

• कार्यम्: the task/what is to be done
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• यत्: which/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• उद्यम्: effort/undertaking
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यम
• Form: masculine, nominative/accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya