Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यथा हि ज्वलनो दीप्तो जलमासाद्य शाम्यति । कर्णाग्नि: समरे तद्वत्‌ पार्थमेघेन शामित:,जैसे प्रजलित आग जलको पाकर बुझ जाती है, उसी प्रकार समरांगणमें कर्णरूपी अग्निको अर्जुनरूपी मेघने बुझा दिया

Transliteration

yathā hi jvalano dīpto jalam āsādya śāmyati | karṇāgniḥ samare tadvat pārthameghena śāmitaḥ ||

Translation

Śalya dijo: «Así como el fuego encendido se apaga al encontrarse con el agua, así también, en el campo de batalla, el fuego que era Karna ha sido extinguido por la nube que es Pārtha (Arjuna)».

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ज्वलनः: fire
• ज्वलनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वलन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीप्तः: blazing, kindled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• शाम्यति: is quenched, becomes calm
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शम्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्णाग्निः: the fire that is Karna (Karna-fire)
• कर्णाग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण + अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तद्वत्: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत्

• पार्थमेघेन: by the Partha-cloud (Arjuna as cloud)
• पार्थमेघेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ + मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शामितः: quenched, extinguished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शामित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Karṇa
• Pārtha (Arjuna)