Shloka 14

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

तदिदं हतभूयिष्ठं बल॑ मम नराधिप । पूर्वमप्यल्पकै: पार्थर्हत॑ं किमुत साम्प्रतम्‌,“नरेश्वर! इस प्रकार मेरी इस सेनाका अधिकांश भाग नष्ट हो चुका है। पहले भी जब अपनी सारी सेना मौजूद थी, अल्पसंख्यक कुन्तीकुमारोंने कौरवसेनाका नाश कर दिया था। फिर इस समय तो कहना ही क्या है?

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, my army has now been slain for the most part, nearly destroyed. Even earlier, when our forces were still whole, the sons of Kuntī—though few—laid waste to the Kaurava host; what then can be said of the present hour?”

Word by Word

tatthat

idamthis

hata-bhūyiṣṭhammostly slain / with the greater part killed

balamarmy, force

mamaof me, my

nara-adhipaO king (lord of men)

pūrvamformerly, earlier

apieven, also

alpakaiḥby a few (men)

pārthaO Pārtha (son of Pṛthā)

hatamslain, destroyed

kimwhat?

utathen, moreover

sāmpratamnow, at present

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes