Shloka 4

दुर्योधनस्य कर्णप्रार्थना — कृपकर्णसंवादः

Duryodhana’s Appeal to Karna — The Kripa–Karna Dialogue

Devanagari script

पूर्व हि निर्जित: कर्णो भीमसेनेन संयुगे । कथं भूय: स राधेयो भीममागान्महारथ:,भीमसेनने युद्धमें जब राधानन्दन महारथी कर्णको पहले ही जीत लिया था, तब वह पुनः उनका सामना करनेके लिये कैसे आया?

Transliteration

pūrva hi nirjitaḥ karṇo bhīmasenena saṃyuge | kathaṃ bhūyaḥ sa rādheyo bhīmam āgān mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “For Karṇa had previously been defeated by Bhīmasena in battle. How, then, did that great chariot-warrior, the son of Rādhā, come once again to confront Bhīma?”

Word by Word

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

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

• निर्जितः: conquered, defeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√जि
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राधेयः: Radheya (son of Radha), Karna
• राधेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगात्: came, approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Rādhā