Shloka 37

Devanagari script

यदि मां चापि कर्ण च भीष्मद्रोणौ च संयुतौ

Transliteration

yadi māṃ cāpi karṇaṃ ca bhīṣma-droṇau ca saṃyutau

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Aun si hubieran de enfrentarse también a mí—junto con Karṇa—y con Bhīṣma y Droṇa unidos…»

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

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

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

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• भीष्म: Bhishma
• भीष्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• द्रोणौ: the two Dronas / Drona (dual form as in text)
• द्रोणौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, accusative, dual

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

• संयुतौ: joined/combined/together
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुत
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how the combined force of renowned warriors magnifies both strategic peril and ethical consequence: when great figures unite in battle, the stakes are not merely tactical but also dharmic, because their choices shape the war’s moral and historical outcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya introduces a conditional scenario—imagining himself (or the referenced side) confronted by Karṇa together with Bhīṣma and Droṇa acting as a single, coordinated force—emphasizing the extraordinary threat posed by their unity.