Shloka 233
Devanagari script
तव बुद्ध्या हि भद्रें ते वधस्तस्य दुरात्मन: । राजा युधिष्ठिरसे ऐसा कहकर अर्जुन भगवान् श्रीकृष्णसे बोले--'श्रीकृष्ण! आज रणभूमिमें मैं कर्णका वध करूँगा, इसमें संशय नहीं है। आपका कल्याण हो। आपकी बुद्धिसे ही उस दुरात्माका वध होगा”
Transliteration
tava buddhyā hi bhadre te vadhastasya durātmanaḥ |
Translation
Sanjaya said: “O noble one, it is indeed through your counsel that the slaying of that wicked-souled man will be accomplished.” In the narrative frame, Arjuna said to Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa: “Śrī Kṛṣṇa! Today on the battlefield I shall slay Karṇa—of this there is no doubt. May welfare be yours. Through your wisdom alone will the death of that evil man be brought to pass.”
Word by Word
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
बुद्ध्याby (your) intellect
बुद्ध्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भद्रेO auspicious one / O noble lady
भद्रे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
वधःkilling/slaying
वधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/of that one
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
दुरात्मनःof the evil-souled one
दुरात्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदुरात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaK
Karna (implied by context as the target of vadha)K
Krishna (implied by context as the one addressed for counsel)A
Arjuna (implied by context as the warrior vowing the slaying)Y
Yudhishthira (implied by context in the prose continuation)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes