Shloka 64

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

काक उवाच उच्छिष्टदर्पितो हंस मन्ये55त्मानं सुपर्णवत्‌ । अवमन्य बहुंश्वाहं काकानन्यांश्व पक्षिण:,कौआ बोला-भाई हंस! मैं जूठन खा-खाकर घमंडमें भर गया था और बहुत-से कौओं तथा दूसरे पक्षियोंका तिरस्कार करके अपने-आपको गरुड़के समान शक्तिशाली समझने लगा था

Transliteration

kāka uvāca ucciṣṭa-darpito haṃsa manye ’tmānaṃ suparṇavat | avamanya bahūn śvāhaṃ kākān anyāṃś ca pakṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

The crow said: “O swan, puffed up with pride from feeding on leftovers, I imagined myself to be like Suparṇa (Garuḍa). In my arrogance I despised many crows and other birds as well.”

Word by Word

• काकः: the crow
• काकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उच्छिष्ट-दर्पितः: made proud by leftovers (i.e., by eating scraps)
• उच्छिष्ट-दर्पितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्छिष्ट-दर्पित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हंस: O swan
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुपर्णवत्: like Garuḍa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुपर्णवत्
• Form: true

• अवमन्य: having despised
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवमन्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप्, Parasmaipada (usage)

• बहून्: many
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• काकान्: crows
• काकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अन्यान्: other
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

काक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• काक (Crow)
• हंस (Swan)
• सुपर्ण / गरुड (Suparṇa/Garuḍa)
• काकाः (Crows)
• पक्षिणः (Birds)