Shloka 273

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

Devanagari script

यदि त्वासाद्य मुच्येत विस्मय: सुमहान्‌ भवेत्‌ । “देखो, युद्धमें शोभा पानेवाले दुर्योधनको भीमसेनने ग्रस लिया है। यदि तुम्हें पाकर वह संकटसे छूट जाय तो यह महान्‌ आश्वर्यकी घटना होगी

Transliteration

yadi tvāsādya mucyeta vismayaḥ sumahān bhavet |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “If, upon reaching you, he could be freed, it would indeed be a very great wonder. ‘Look—Bhimasena has swallowed up Duryodhana, the one who sought glory in battle. If, after finding you, he were to escape that peril, it would be an astonishing turn of fate.’”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• मुच्येत: would be released / might be freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• विस्मयः: wonder, astonishment
• विस्मयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be / might become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Bhīmasena