Shloka 48

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

मावेल्लकास्तुण्डिकेरा: सावित्रीपुत्रकाश्च ये । प्राच्योदीच्या: प्रतीच्याश्न दाक्षिणात्याशक्ष मारिष

Transliteration

mā vellakāstuṇḍikerāḥ sāvitrīputrakāś ca ye | prācyodīcyāḥ pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca māriṣa ||

Translation

संजय बोले—मावेल्लक, तुण्डिकेर और जो सावित्रीपुत्र कहलाते हैं; तथा पूर्व, उत्तर, पश्चिम और दक्षिण के लोग भी—हे मारिष—सब ही (इस संग्राम में) उपस्थित थे।

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle (used with imperative/optative)

• वे: to you (all)
• वे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Gender: —, Case: Dative, Number: Plural

• ल्लकाः: the Llakas (a people/tribe)
• ल्लकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ल्लक
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• तुण्डिकेराः: the Tuṇḍikeras (a people/tribe)
• तुण्डिकेराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुण्डिकेर
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• सावित्रीपुत्रकाः: sons/descendants of Sāvitrī
• सावित्रीपुत्रकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्रीपुत्रक
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• प्राच्याः: easterners
• प्राच्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राच्य
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• उदीच्याः: northerners
• उदीच्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीच्य
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• प्रतीच्याः: westerners
• प्रतीच्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीच्य
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Negation particle

• दाक्षिणात्याः: southerners
• दाक्षिणात्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षिणात्य
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Plural

• अक्ष: axle; (also) die (for gaming) (context unclear here)
• अक्ष: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• मारिष: O noble one / O sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Vocative, Number: Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vellakas
• Tuṇḍikeras
• Sāvitrī (as lineage reference)
• Eastern regions/peoples (Prācya)
• Northern regions/peoples (Udīcya)
• Western regions/peoples (Pratīcya)
• Southern regions/peoples (Dākṣiṇātya)