Shloka 9

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 137 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa Counsel and the Ethics of Restraint

Devanagari script

कर्णप्रभृतयश्चेमे त्वं चापि कवची रथी । मोक्षितो घोषयात्रायां पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

karṇaprabhṛtayaś ceme tvaṃ cāpi kavacī rathī | mokṣito ghoṣayātrāyāṃ paryāptaṃ tan nidarśanam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Karna and the others here—and you as well, armored and a chariot-warrior—were once released during the cattle-raid expedition. That alone is sufficient proof.”

Word by Word

• कर्णप्रभृतयः: beginning with Karna (Karna and others)
• कर्णप्रभृतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णप्रभृति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कवची: armored; wearing armor
• कवची: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कवचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथी: chariot-warrior
• रथी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षितः: was released/freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• घोषयात्रायाम्: in the cattle-raid expedition
• घोषयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोषयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्याप्तम्: sufficient; enough
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्याप्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निदर्शनम्: proof; demonstration; example
• Type: Noun
• Root: निदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karna
• ghoṣayātrā (cattle-raid expedition)
• armour (kavaca)
• chariot-warrior (rathī)