Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एवमाभाष्य राजानमब्रवीन्माधवं वच: । अद्य कर्ण रणे कृष्ण सूदयिष्ये न संशय:

Transliteration

evam ābhāṣya rājānam abravīn mādhavaṁ vacaḥ | adya karṇa raṇe kṛṣṇa sūdayiṣye na saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having thus addressed the king, he spoke these words to Mādhava: “Today, O Kṛṣṇa, I shall slay Karṇa in battle—of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• आभाष्य: having addressed/spoken to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-भाष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माधवम्: Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

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

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सूदयिष्ये: I will slay/kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: सूद्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 1st, Singular, Ātmanepada

• न: not/no
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Karna
• battle (raṇa)