Shloka 12
Aśvatthāman’s Admonition to Karṇa on Boasting, Varṇa-Duties, and the Threat of Arjuna
Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 45
Devanagari script
एवं युक्ताड्ररूपस्य लक्षणै: सूचितस्य च । केन कर्मविपाकेन क्लीबत्वमिदमागतम्,(वह चिन्ता इस प्रकार है--) आपका एक-एक अवयव तथा रूप सब प्रकारसे उपयुक्त है। आप लक्षणोंद्वारा भी अलौकिक सूचित हो रहे हैं। ऐसी दशामें भी किस कर्मके परिणामसे आपको यह नपुंसकता प्राप्त हुई है?
Translation
“Your every limb and your very form are wholly fitting, and your marks themselves proclaim something beyond the ordinary. Even so, by what ripening of what deed has this condition of eunuchhood come upon you?”
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
युक्तendowed, fitting, appropriate
युक्त:
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त (युज्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
आद्ररूपस्यof (one) having a moist/soft form (i.e., of such appearance)
आद्ररूपस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootआद्ररूप
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
लक्षणैःby signs, by marks
लक्षणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सूचितस्यof (one) indicated, made known
सूचितस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootसूचित (सूच्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
केनby what?, through what?
केन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
कर्मविपाकेनby the fruition/result of (past) action
कर्मविपाकेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मविपाक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
क्लीबत्वम्impotence, eunuchhood
क्लीबत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्लीबत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आगतम्has come, has befallen, has been obtained
आगतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआगत (आ + गम्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
उत्तर उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
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