Shloka 15

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

तौ दृष्टवा मातुलस्तत्र विरथौ परवीरहा । अभ्यभाषत राधेयं मद्रराजोडनुकम्पया,शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले मामा मद्रराज शल्यने उन दोनों भाइयोंको रथहीन हुआ देख कृपापूर्वक राधापुत्र कर्णसे कहा--

Transliteration

tau dṛṣṭvā mātulas tatra virathau paravīrahā | abhyabhāṣata rādhēyaṁ madrarājo ’nukampayā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing those two brothers there, now deprived of their chariots, their maternal uncle Śalya—the king of Madra, a slayer of enemy-heroes—addressed Rādheya (Karna) with compassion.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two (them)
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• मातुलः: maternal uncle
• मातुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• विरथौ: without chariots, chariotless
• विरथौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-वीर-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke to, addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि-

• राधेयम्: Radha's son (Karna)
• राधेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मद्रराजः: king of Madra (Shalya)
• मद्रराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्र-राज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुकम्पया: with compassion
• अनुकम्पया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुकम्पा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya (Madrarāja, maternal uncle)
• Karna (Rādheya)
• two brothers (unnamed in this verse)
• chariot (ratha)