Shloka 12

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

Devanagari script

बालां बन्धुमतीं यन्मामधर्मेणोपगच्छथ । तस्मान्नार्यों भविष्यन्ति बन्धक्यो वै कुलस्य च

Transliteration

bālāṃ bandhumatīṃ yan mām adharmeṇopagacchatha | tasmān nāryo bhaviṣyanti bandhakyo vai kulasya ca ||

Translation

કુટુંબબંધનથી બંધાયેલી આ બાલાને તમે અધર્મથી મારી પાસે લાવો છો; તેથી તમારા કુળની સ્ત્રીઓ પણ બંદી બનશે.

Word by Word

• बालाम्: a young girl
• बालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• बन्धुमतीम्: having kinsmen/relatives (protected by relatives)
• बन्धुमतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्धुमती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that (fact that)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अधर्मेण: by unrighteousness/illegally
• अधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उपगच्छथ: you approach/come to
• उपगच्छथ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: Present, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• आर्यः: noble (men)
• आर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Future, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• बन्धक्यः: female captives/bondwomen
• बन्धक्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धकी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• कुलस्य: of the family/clan
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna