Shloka 2

Karṇa-vadha-pratyaya: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Verification of Karṇa’s Fall (कर्णवध-प्रत्ययः)

Devanagari script

एतदू विस्तरशो युद्ध प्रब्रूहि कुशलो हासि । न हि तृप्यामि वीराणां शृण्वानो विक्रमान्‌ रणे,सूत! तुम युद्धसम्बन्धी इस समाचारका विस्तार-पूर्वक वर्णन करो, क्योंकि इस कार्यमें कुशल हो। रणभूमिमें वीरोंके पराक्रमका वर्णन सुनकर मुझे तृप्ति नहीं हो रही है

Transliteration

etad ū vistaraso yuddhaṁ prabrūhi kuśalo hāsi | na hi tṛpyāmi vīrāṇāṁ śṛṇvāno vikramān raṇe, sūta |

Translation

Śalya said: “Tell me this account of the battle in full detail—you are skilled in such narration. For I am not satisfied; as I listen to the heroic feats of warriors on the battlefield, my desire to hear more does not abate, O charioteer.”

Word by Word

एतत्this (matter)

उindeed/now (emphatic particle)

विस्तरशःin detail, elaborately

युद्धम्the battle/war

प्रब्रूहिtell, relate

कुशलःskilled, competent

हिfor, indeed

असिyou are

नnot

हिindeed

तृप्यामिI am satisfied / I feel satiated

वीराणाम्of heroes

शृण्वानःhearing, while listening

विक्रमाण्valorous deeds, exploits

रणेin battle

सूतO charioteer (Sūta)!

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Sūta (charioteer/narrator)

battlefield (raṇa)

war (yuddha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes