Shloka 75

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

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

Devanagari script

भ्रातरं निहतं दृष्टवा समरे सव्यसाचिना । पश्यतां कुरुवीराणां प्रथमं त्वं पलायित:,सव्यसाची अर्जुनके द्वारा समरांगणमें अपने भाईको मारा गया देखकर कौरव वीरोंके समक्ष सबसे पहले तुम्हीं भागे थे

Transliteration

bhrātaraṁ nihataṁ dṛṣṭvā samare savyasācinā | paśyatāṁ kuruvīrāṇāṁ prathamaṁ tvaṁ palāyitaḥ ||

Translation

Seeing your brother slain in battle by Savyasācin (Arjuna), while the Kuru heroes looked on, you were the very first to flee.

Word by Word

• भ्रातरम्: brother (as object)
• भ्रातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निहतम्: slain
• निहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सव्यसाचिना: by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (from धातु: पश्य/दृश्)
• Form: present active participle used as genitive absolute, Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुरुवीराणाम्: of the Kuru warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुवीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रथमम्: first
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पलायितः: fled / ran away
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलायि (from धातु: पलाय्)
• Form: क्त (past active/resultative participle, used predicatively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

काक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna (Savyasācin)
• Kuru warriors
• the slain brother (unnamed in this verse)
• battlefield (samara)