Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तमाह कर्ण: पुनरेव नागं तदा55जिमध्ये रविसूनुसत्तम:

Transliteration

tam āha karṇaḥ punar eva nāgaṃ tadā yuddhamadhye ravisūnusattamaḥ

Translation

Maka di tengah pertempuran, Karṇa—yang utama di antara putra-putra Sang Surya—kembali menyapa sang pejuang perkasa yang diserupakan dengan gajah itu, mengulang ucapannya pada saat genting pertempuran.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आह: said
• आह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नागम्: the serpent (Naga)
• नागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अजि-मध्ये: in the midst of the battle
• अजि-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजि + मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रवि-सूनु-सत्तमः: the best of the Sun's sons (Karna)
• रवि-सूनु-सत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + सूनु + सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कर्ण (Karṇa)
• रवि/सूर्य (Ravi/Sūrya, the Sun)
• नाग (nāga—elephant, used as an epithet for a mighty warrior)