Shloka 19

कर्णवधोत्तरं शल्य-दुर्योधनसंवादः

Aftermath of Karṇa’s Fall: Śalya’s Address to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

एवं गते किंच मयाद्य शक्‍्यं कार्य कर्तु विग्रहे सूतजस्य

Transliteration

evaṁ gate kiṁ ca mayādya śakyaṁ kāryaṁ kartuṁ vigrahe sūtajasya

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Si las cosas han llegado a este punto, ¿qué puedo lograr hoy en este conflicto contra el hijo del auriga? ¿Qué acción eficaz me es posible ahora?»

Word by Word

• एवं: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• गते: when (it is) gone/when things have come to this pass
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• किं: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: instrumental, singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• शक्यं: possible, feasible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• कार्यं: a deed to be done; what should be done
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• कर्तुं: to do, to make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• विग्रहे: in conflict, in battle
• विग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विग्रह
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सूतजस्य: of the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतज
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa (sūtaja)