Shloka 42

सूर्य–कर्णोपदेशः

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Kīrti and the Kuṇḍala

Devanagari script

स यत्‌ काष्ठ तृणं वापि शिलां वा क्षेप्स्यते मयि । सर्व तद्‌ धारयिष्यामि स ते सेतुर्भविष्यति,“वह अपने हाथसे उठाकर जो भी काठ, तिनका या पत्थर मेरे भीतर डाल देगा, वह सब मैं जलके ऊपर-धारण किये रहूँगा। वही तुम्हारे लिये पुल हो जायगा”

Transliteration

sa yat kāṣṭha-tṛṇaṃ vāpi śilāṃ vā kṣepsyate mayi | sarvaṃ tad dhārayiṣyāmi sa te setur bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Whatever piece of wood, blade of grass, or stone he may cast into me, I shall bear it all upon the waters. That very mass will become your bridge.”

Word by Word

सःhe

यत्whatever (which thing)

काष्ठम्a piece of wood

तृणम्a blade of grass/straw

वाor

अपिalso/even

शिलाम्a stone/rock

वाor

क्षेप्स्यतेwill throw/cast

मयिin/into me

सर्वम्all (of that)

तत्that

धारयिष्यामिI will hold/support

सःthat (thing) / it

तेfor you

सेतुःa bridge/causeway

भविष्यतिwill become

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

wood (kāṣṭha)

grass/straw (tṛṇa)

stone (śilā)

bridge (setu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes