Shloka 3

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140

Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents

Devanagari script

कन्या गर्भ समाधत्त भास्करान्मां जनार्दन । आदित्यवचनाच्चैव जात॑ मां सा व्यसर्जयत्‌

Transliteration

kanyā garbhaṃ samādhatta bhāskarān māṃ janārdana | ādityavacanāc caiva jātaṃ māṃ sā vyasarjayat ||

Translation

Karna said: “O Janārdana, while still an unmarried girl, she conceived me by the Sun-god (Bhāskara). And then, acting under the Sun’s instruction, after I was born she set me adrift—abandoning me to fate.”

Word by Word

• कन्या: the maiden (Kunti)
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गर्भम्: a fetus; pregnancy
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समाधत्त: placed; conceived (lit. put in)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भास्करात्: from the Sun (god)
• भास्करात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आदित्य-वचनात्: from the Sun's word/command
• आदित्य-वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्यवचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• जातम्: born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यसर्जयत्: abandoned; set adrift; cast away
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhāskara (Sūrya/Āditya)
• Kuntī (implied by 'kanyā' and 'sā')