Shloka 36

Devanagari script

राजा भवत्वद्य सुनिर्व॒तो$यं कर्ण रणे नाशयितास्मि बाणै: । इत्येवमुक्त्वा पुनराह पार्थो युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभूतां वरिष्ठम्‌,“आज ये राजा युधिष्ठिर संतुष्ट हों। मैं रणभूमिमें अपने बाणोंद्वारा कर्णका नाश कर डालूँगा।” यों कहकर अर्जुन पुनः धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ युधिष्ठिससे बोले--

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

rājā bhavatv adya sunirvṛto 'yaṃ karṇa raṇe nāśayitāsmi bāṇaiḥ |

ity evam uktvā punar āha pārtho yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhūtāṃ variṣṭham ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Let this king (Yudhiṣṭhira) be fully satisfied today. In battle I shall destroy Karṇa with my arrows.” Having spoken thus, Pārtha (Arjuna) again addressed Yudhiṣṭhira, the foremost among the righteous.

Word by Word

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवतु: let (him) be / may (he) be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• सुनिर्वृतः: fully satisfied / well-pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिर्वृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नाशयिता: destroyer (one who will destroy)
• नाशयिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशयितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मभूतम्: righteous / of dharma-nature
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वरिष्ठम्: the best / most excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Karna
• arrows (bāṇa)
• battlefield (raṇa)