Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सूर्य उवाच भविष्यति महाबाहु: कुण्डली दिव्यवर्मभृत्‌ | उभयं चामृतमयं तस्य भद्रे भविष्यति,सूर्यने कहा--भद्रे! तुम्हारा पुत्र महाबाहु, कुण्डल-धारी तथा दिव्य कवच धारण करनेवाला होगा। उसके कुण्डल और कवच दोनों अमृतमय होंगे

Transliteration

sūrya uvāca | bhaviṣyati mahābāhuḥ kuṇḍalī divyavarmabhṛt | ubhayaṃ cāmṛtamayaṃ tasya bhadre bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Surya said: “O auspicious lady, your son will be mighty-armed, wearing earrings and bearing a divine cuirass. Both his earrings and his armor will be of an immortal, death-defying nature.”

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: Surya (the Sun-god)
• सूर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुण्डली: wearing earrings
• कुण्डली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यवर्मभृत्: bearing divine armor
• दिव्यवर्मभृत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-वर्म-भृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उभयम्: both (things)
• उभयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अमृतमयम्: made of nectar; immortal in nature
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृतमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady (term of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Surya
• the son (Kunti’s son, i.e., Karna in context)
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• divya-varma (divine armor/cuirass)