Shloka 23

Aśvatthāman’s Admonition to Karṇa on Boasting, Varṇa-Duties, and the Threat of Arjuna

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 45

Devanagari script

यो<यं वहति मे पार्ष्णि दक्षिणामभित: स्थित: । बलाहकादपि मत: स जवे वीर्यवत्तर:,और यह जो दाहिने भागका पिछला जुआ धारण करके खड़ा है, वह वेगमें बलाहक नामवाले अश्वसे भी अधिक समझा गया है

Transliteration

yo ’yaṁ vahati me pārṣṇi dakṣiṇām abhitaḥ sthitaḥ | balāhakād api mataḥ sa jave vīryavattaraḥ ||

Translation

Uttara said: “This one who stands on my right, bearing the rear yoke-piece at the chariot’s heel, is regarded as swifter even than the horse named Balāhaka—and stronger in prowess as well.”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वहति: carries/bears
• वहति: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पार्ष्णिम्: heel (hind part)
• पार्ष्णिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दक्षिणाम्: right (side)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: around/on the side of
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• स्थितः: standing/placed
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• बलाहकात्: than Balāhaka
• बलाहकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाहक
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• मतः: considered/thought
• मतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जवे: in speed
• जवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वीर्यवत्तरः: more powerful/stronger
• वीर्यवत्तरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Comparative

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttara
• Balāhaka (horse)
• right side of the chariot
• rear yoke/heel-part (pārṣṇi)