Shloka 6

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm

Devanagari script

मातुर्हि वचन श्रुव्वा तदा सलिलकर्मणि । कर्णस्य क्रियतां तोयमिति तप्यामि तेन वै

Transliteration

mātuḥ hi vacanaṁ śrutvā tadā salilakarmaṇi | karṇasya kriyatāṁ toyam iti tapyāmi tena vai ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Having heard my mother’s words at the time of the water-offering rites, I am indeed tormented by this: ‘Let water be offered for Karṇa as well.’”

Word by Word

• मातुः: of (my) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वचनम्: word/command
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• सलिलकर्मणि: in the water-rite (libation/obsequial water-offering)
• सलिलकर्मणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिलकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• कर्णस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• क्रियताम्: let it be done / should be performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Atmanepada (passive-form usage), Third, Singular

• तोयम्: water (libation)
• तोयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तप्यामि: I grieve / I am distressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, First, Singular

• तेन: by that / because of that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed/certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī (mother)
• Karṇa
• toya (water libation)
• salilakarma (water-offering rite)