Shloka 12

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

स्पर्थमानस्तु पार्थेन सूतपुत्रो5त्यमर्षण: । दुर्योधनं समाश्रित्य सोडवमन्यत पाण्डवान्‌

Transliteration

spardhamānastu pārthena sūtaputro 'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | duryodhanaṃ samāśritya so 'vamat p�āṇḍavān ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Ardiendo en rivalidad contra Pārtha (Arjuna), Karṇa—hijo del auriga, irascible e incapaz de soportar el agravio—se amparó en el apoyo de Duryodhana y, con esa fuerza, insultaba una y otra vez a los Pāṇḍavas.

Word by Word

• स्पर्धमानः: competing, vying
• स्पर्धमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पर्ध् (धातु) → स्पर्धमान (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पार्थेन: with/by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सूतपुत्रः: the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• सूतपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्यमर्षणः: very intolerant/irascible
• अत्यमर्षणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्यमर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to/taking refuge in
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि (धातु) → समाश्रित्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्वमन्यत: despised/held in contempt
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-मन्य् (धातु) → उद्वमन्य (लङ्)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Karṇa (Sūtaputra)
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas