Shloka 18

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

तस्मिञज्जयाशा विपुला मद्रराज नराधिप । तस्याभीषुग्रहवरो नान्यो5स्ति भुवि कश्नन

Transliteration

tasmiñ jaya-āśā vipulā madrarāja narādhipa | tasyābhīṣu-graha-varo nānyo 'sti bhuvi kaścana ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Oh rey de Madra, soberano entre los hombres, en él hay una vasta esperanza de victoria. Pues en la tierra no existe nadie que le iguale en la excelencia de tomar y dominar las riendas (del carro)—nadie en absoluto.»

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (matter/one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयाशा: hope of victory
• जयाशा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय-आशा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विपुला: great, abundant
• विपुला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मद्रराज: O king of Madra
• मद्रराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्र-राज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• नराधिप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-अधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• अभीषुग्रहवरो: the excellent restrainer/holder of the reins
• अभीषुग्रहवरो: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीषु-ग्रह-वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कश्चन: anyone at all
• कश्चन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Madrarāja (Śalya)
• abhīṣu (chariot reins)