Shloka 35

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

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

अथवाप्येक एवाहं योत्स्यामि कुरुनन्दन । पश्य वीर्य ममाद्य त्वं संग्रामे दहतो रिपून्‌,अथवा कुरुनन्दन! आज मैं अकेला ही युद्ध करूँगा। तुम संग्राममें शत्रुओंको दग्ध करते हुए मेरे पराक्रमको देख लेना

Transliteration

athavāpy eka evāhaṁ yotsyāmi kurunandana | paśya vīrya mamādya tvaṁ saṅgrāme dahato ripūn ||

Translation

Or, if need be, I shall fight alone today, O prince of the Kurus. Behold my prowess on the battlefield as I burn down the enemy ranks.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• एकः: alone/one
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योत्स्यामि: I shall fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see/behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वीर्यम्: valor/prowess
• वीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दहतः: of (me) burning
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रिपून्: enemies
• रिपून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Kurunandana (Kuru prince)