Shloka 27

कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma

Devanagari script

गव्यस्य तृप्ता मांसस्य पीत्वा गौडं सुरासवम्‌ | गौरीभि: सह नसिभिर्बृहतीभि: स्वलंकृता:

Transliteration

gavyasya tṛptā māṁsasya pītvā gauḍaṁ surāsavam | gaurībhiḥ saha nasibhir bṛhatībhiḥ svalankṛtāḥ |

Translation

Karna said: “Sated with beef and meat, and having drunk a sweet, molasses-based intoxicant, they—adorned and in the company of fair women—moved about with large swords.”

Word by Word

• गव्यस्य: of cow-milk/curd (a dairy item)
• गव्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्य (गो-सम्बन्धिन्)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तृप्ता: satiated
• तृप्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (√तृप्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मांसस्य: of meat
• मांसस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• गौडम्: molasses-based/sweet (liquor)
• गौडम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुरासवम्: fermented liquor (sura-āsava)
• सुरासवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरासव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गौरीभिः: with fair/beautiful women
• गौरीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• नसिभिः: with (their) noses
• नसिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नसि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बृहतीभिः: large, prominent
• बृहतीभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहती
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्वलङ्कृता: well-adorned
• स्वलङ्कृता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-लङ्कृत (√कृ, लङ्कृ)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• surā (liquor)
• gauḍa (molasses/jaggery drink)
• asi (sword)
• gaurī (fair/beautiful women)