Shloka 24

कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मण: साधुरुत्तरं पुनरुक्तवान्‌

Transliteration

ity uktvā brāhmaṇaḥ sādhur uttaraṃ punar uktavān

Translation

Ayant ainsi parlé, le brāhmane vertueux répondit de nouveau par une autre réplique—poursuivant son conseil d’une voix mesurée et droite.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• साधुः: good, virtuous
• साधुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उत्तरम्: an answer, reply
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• उक्तवान्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्तवत् (past active participle used finitely), masculine, nominative, singular, past (perfective sense), 3rd (by agreement)

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa