Shloka 9

भीष्मसेनापत्याभिषेकः

Bhīṣma’s Appointment as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

नैष कामयते धर्म नैष कामयते यश: । जितं स मन्यते सर्व दुरात्मा कर्णमाश्रित:

Transliteration

naiṣa kāmayate dharmaṁ naiṣa kāmayate yaśaḥ | jitaṁ sa manyate sarvaṁ durātmā karṇam āśritaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Kṛṣṇa: «No desea ni el dharma ni la verdadera fama. Ese Duryodhana de mente perversa, al ampararse en Karṇa, imagina que todo está ya conquistado. Por eso no anhela la rectitud ni se preocupa por un renombre honorable».

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• eṣaḥ: this (man)
• eṣaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• kāmayate: desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: kam
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• dharmaṃ: dharma, righteousness
• dharmaṃ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• eṣaḥ: this (man)
• eṣaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• kāmayate: desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: kam
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• yaśaḥ: fame, glory
• yaśaḥ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• jitaṃ: conquered, won
• jitaṃ: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji
• Form: past passive participle (kta), neuter, accusative, singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• manyate: thinks, considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: man
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• sarvaṃ: everything
• sarvaṃ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• durātmā: evil-minded man
• durātmā: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: durātman
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• karṇam: Karna
• karṇam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• āśritaḥ: having taken refuge in, relying on
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-śri
• Form: past passive participle (kta), masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

कृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Duryodhana
• Karṇa
• dharma
• yaśas