Shloka 36

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

सा तदा विमला शक्ति: क्षिप्ता तेन महात्मना । बिभेद शिखर घोर श्वेतस्य तरसा गिरे:,उन महात्माने उस समय अपनी चमचमाती हुई शक्ति चलायी और उसके द्वारा श्वेत गिरिके भयानक शिखरको बड़े वेगसे विदीर्ण कर डाला

Transliteration

sā tadā vimalā śaktiḥ kṣiptā tena mahātmanā | bibheda śikharaṃ ghoraṃ śvetasya tarasā gireḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya dit : «Alors cette lance-śakti, éclatante et sans tache, lancée par le grand d’âme, fendit avec une force prodigieuse le sommet redoutable du mont Śveta.»

Word by Word

• सा: she/that (f.)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• विमला: spotless, bright
• विमला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्तिः: spear, missile (śakti-weapon)
• शक्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिप्ता: thrown, hurled
• क्षिप्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• बिभेद: split, pierced, broke
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिखरम्: peak, summit
• शिखरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्वेतस्य: of Śveta (the mountain named Śveta)
• श्वेतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तरसा: with force, by speed/impetus
• तरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गिरेः: of the mountain
• गिरेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• śakti (spear-weapon)
• Śveta-giri (Mount Śveta)
• śikhara (mountain peak)