Shloka 4

कुन्ती–कर्णसंवादः

Kuntī–Karṇa Dialogue: Loyalty, Fate, and Constrained Assurance

Devanagari script

प्रकाशकर्मा तपनो यो<यं देवो विरोचन: । अजीजनत त्वां मय्येष कर्ण शस्त्रभृतां वरम्‌

Transliteration

prakāśakarmā tapano yo 'yaṃ devo virocanaḥ | ajījanat tvāṃ mayy eṣa karṇa śastrabhṛtāṃ varam ||

Translation

Karna dit : «Ce dieu Virocana, rayonnant et dispensateur de chaleur — dont l’œuvre même est d’illuminer — t’a fait naître en moi, ô Karna, comme le premier parmi les porteurs d’armes.»

Word by Word

• प्रकाशकर्मा: whose deeds are luminous
• प्रकाशकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकाशकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तपनः: the Sun (the heater)
• तपनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विरोचनः: Virocana (the radiant one)
• विरोचनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजीजनत्: begot/produced (caused to be born)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, 10 (causative/ṇic)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शस्त्रभृताम्: of weapon-bearers
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्रभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: the best/excellent (one)
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Virocana
• Tapana (Sun)