Shloka 47

Devanagari script

कर्ण उवाच न नाग कर्णोडउद्य रणे परस्य बल॑ समास्थाय जयं बुभूषेत्‌

Transliteration

karṇa uvāca na nāga-karṇo 'dyaraṇe parasya balaṃ samāsthāya jayaṃ bubhūṣet

Translation

Karṇa dit : « Pas même Nāgakarṇa, dans la bataille d’aujourd’hui, ne s’appuierait sur la force d’un autre pour ensuite quérir la victoire. Le guerrier doit viser le triomphe par sa propre vaillance, sans s’adosser à la puissance d’autrui. »

Word by Word

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नाग: O serpent / O Nāga
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्य: having risen/going forth; setting out
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + या

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परस्य: of the other/foe
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• बलम्: strength/army
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समास्थाय: having taken refuge in / relying upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + स्था
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बुभूषेत्: would wish to be / would desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Nāgakarṇa