Shloka 40

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

वृद्धी च मातापितरी बिभर्त्यन्यांश्व॒ संश्रितान्‌ स्वधर्मनिरतो नित्यं सत्यवागनसूयक:

Transliteration

vṛddhī ca mātāpitarī bibharty anyāṁś ca saṁśritān svadharmanirato nityaṁ satyavāg anasūyakaḥ

Translation

He supports the aged and maintains his mother and father; he also sustains others who have taken refuge with him. Ever devoted to his own dharma, he speaks truthfully and is free from malice or fault-finding.

Word by Word

• वृद्धान्: the elders
• वृद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माता: mother
• माता: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पितरौ: the two parents (father and mother)
• पितरौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• बिभर्ति: supports, maintains
• बिभर्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संश्रितान्: those who have taken refuge (dependents)
• संश्रितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स्वधर्मनिरतः: devoted to one’s own duty
• स्वधर्मनिरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वधर्मनिरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• सत्यवाक्: truth-speaking
• सत्यवाक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवाच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनसूयकः: free from envy/carping
• अनसूयकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (speaker)
• mother
• father
• the aged
• dependents/refugees (saṁśritāḥ)