Shloka 102

Devanagari script

यदि पार्थो रणे हन्यादद्य मामिह कर्हिचित्‌ । कि करिष्यसि संग्रामे शल्य सत्यमथोच्यताम्‌,इसी तरह कुन्तीनन्दन धनंजयने भी अपनी दृष्टिद्वारा कर्णको परास्त कर दिया। तदनन्तर कर्णने शल्यसे मुसकराते हुए कहा--'शल्य! सच बताओ, यदि कदाचित्‌ आज रणभूमिमें कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन मुझे यहाँ मार डालें तो तुम इस संग्राममें क्‍या करोगे?”

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yadi pārtho raṇe hanyād adya mām iha karhicit | kiṁ kariṣyasi saṅgrāme śalya satyam athocyatām ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “If Partha (Arjuna) were to slay me here today in battle—tell me truly, O Shalya—what would you do in this war?” In the ethical tension of the battlefield, Karna presses Shalya for an honest answer about loyalty and resolve in the face of a possible reversal of fortune.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

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

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

• हन्यात्: should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• कर्हिचित्: at any time / by chance
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हिचित्

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्यसि: will you do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संग्रामे: in the battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शल्य: O Shalya
• शल्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then / now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• उच्यताम्: let it be said / be spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 3rd, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Partha (Arjuna)
• Karna
• Shalya
• battlefield (raṇa/saṅgrāma)