Shloka 256
Devanagari script
कथं भवान् रणे कर्ण निहन्यादिति सत्तम | नृपश्रेष्ठ उनके ऐसा कहनेपर श्रीकृष्णने अर्जुनसे कहा--“भरतश्रेष्ठ! तुम महाबली कर्णका वध करनेमें समर्थ हो। सत्पुरुषोंमें श्रेष्ठ महारथी वीर! मेरे मनमें भी सदा यही इच्छा बनी रहती है कि तुम रणभूमिमें कर्णको किसी तरह मार डालो”
Translation
“How could you slay Karṇa in battle, O best of men?” When the foremost of kings spoke thus, Śrī Kṛṣṇa said to Arjuna: “O best of the Bhāratas! You are able to kill the mighty Karṇa. O heroic mahāratha, foremost among the virtuous! In my own heart too this wish ever remains—that you, somehow, should strike down Karṇa upon the battlefield.”
Word by Word
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
भवान्you (honorific)
भवान्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootभवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कर्णO Karna
कर्ण:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
निहन्यात्might slay / should slay
निहन्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (नि-√हन्)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
सत्तमO best of the good
सत्तम:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्तम (सत् + तम)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नृपश्रेष्ठO best of kings
नृपश्रेष्ठ:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootनृपश्रेष्ठ (नृप + श्रेष्ठ)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes