Shloka 306

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

कृत्वा नसुकरं कर्म गतो वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌ । महाराज! चेदिदेशका श्रेष्ठ रथी धृष्टकेतु भी युद्धमें दुष्कर कर्म करके यमलोकका पथिक हो गया

Transliteration

kṛtvā na sukaraṃ karma gato vaivasvatakṣayam | mahārāja dhṛṣṭaketuḥ śreṣṭho rathī yuddhe duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtvā yamaloka-pathaḥ prāpnoti |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, Dhṛṣṭaketu—an excellent chariot-warrior—having accomplished a deed not easy to perform, and after carrying out a formidable act in battle, went to the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama).

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (त्वान्त), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सुकरम्: easy
• सुकरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone, departed
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैवस्वतक्षयम्: the abode/realm of Vaivasvata (Yama)
• वैवस्वतक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Dhrishtaketu
• Vaivasvata (Yama)
• Yamaloka