Shloka 10

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७

Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts

Devanagari script

पश्य पार्थ महारौद्रो वर्तते भरतक्षय: । पृथिव्यां क्षत्रियाणां वै दुर्योधनकृते महान्‌,“कुन्तीनन्दन! देखो, दुर्योधनके कारण भरत-वंशियोंका तथा भूमण्डलके अन्य क्षत्रियोंका महाभयंकर विनाश हो रहा है

Transliteration

paśya pārtha mahāraudro vartate bharatakṣayaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ vai duryodhanakṛte mahān |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Behold, O Pārtha—an exceedingly dreadful destruction of the Bharata line is unfolding. Indeed, upon the earth a vast slaughter of kṣatriyas is taking place, all on account of Duryodhana.”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see, behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थ: O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• महारौद्रः: very terrible, exceedingly fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महारौद्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वर्तते: is occurring, is taking place
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Laṭ (present), 3, singular, Ātmanepada

• भरतक्षयः: destruction of the Bharatas
• भरतक्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतक्षय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the kṣatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• दुर्योधनकृते: because of Duryodhana / on account of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनकृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधनकृत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Duryodhana
• Bharatas (Bharata lineage/people)
• Pṛthivī (the earth)
• Kṣatriyas