Shloka 13

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ७७: पुरुषकार–दैवसंयोगः तथा दुष्टमन्त्रपरामर्शस्य राजनैतिक-परिणामः

Human Effort, Contingency, and the Political Effects of Corrupt Counsel

Devanagari script

कथं हि पुरुषो जात: क्षत्रियेषु धनुर्धर:

Transliteration

kathaṃ hi puruṣo jātaḥ kṣatriyeṣu dhanurdharaḥ

Translation

Arjuna dit : «Comment donc un homme, né parmi les kṣatriya, devient-il porteur de l’arc ?»

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पुरुषः: man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियेषु: among/in the Kshatriyas
• क्षत्रियेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• धनुर्धरः: bow-bearer/archer
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुर्धर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kṣatriyas
• bow (dhanus)