Shloka 48
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
Devanagari script
कालो हि भगवान् रुद्रस्तस्य संवत्सरो धनु: । तस्माद् रौद्री कालरात्रिज्या कृता धनुषो&5जरा,भगवान् रुद्र ही काल हैं, अत: कालका अवयवभूत संवत्सर ही उनका धनुष हुआ। कालरात्रि भी रुद्रका ही अंश है, अत: उसीको उन्होंने अपने धनुषकी अटूट प्रत्यंचा बना लिया
Transliteration
kālo hi bhagavān rudras tasya saṃvatsaro dhanuḥ | tasmād raudrī kālarātrijyā kṛtā dhanuṣo’jarā ||
Translation
Duryodhana said: “Time itself is the Blessed Rudra; and the year is his bow. Therefore Kālarātri—Rudra’s own fierce power—has been made the bowstring, unbreakable and unaging.”
Word by Word
कालःTime
कालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
संवत्सरःyear
संवत्सरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धनुःbow
धनुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
रौद्रीRudra-related/terrible
रौद्री:
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कालरात्रिज्याthe bowstring named Kālarātri
कालरात्रिज्या:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालरात्रिज्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृताmade/formed
कृता:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
धनुषःof the bow
धनुषः:
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अजराunaging/undecaying (unbreakable)
अजरा:
TypeAdjective
Rootअजर
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
दुर्योधन उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DuryodhanaR
RudraK
Kāla (Time)S
Saṃvatsara (the Year)K
KālarātriD
Dhanuḥ (bow)J
Jyā (bowstring)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes