Shloka 53

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

यथा चाल्पश्रुतो मूढो धर्माणामविभागवित्‌

Transliteration

yathā cālpaśruto mūḍho dharmāṇām avibhāgavit

Translation

Tel un insensé au savoir maigre, incapable de discerner les justes distinctions entre les devoirs du dharma,

Word by Word

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

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

• अल्पश्रुतः: one who has heard/learned little; poorly learned
• अल्पश्रुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मूढः: deluded, foolish
• मूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्माणाम्: of duties/laws/virtues
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अविभागवित्: knowing no distinctions (i.e., not discerning divisions)
• अविभागवित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविभागविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva