Shloka 24

घटोत्कच-कर्णयुद्धम्

Ghaṭotkaca–Karna Combat and the Release of Śakti

Devanagari script

परं यत्नं कुर्वतां च त्वया सार्थ रणाजिरे

Transliteration

paraṁ yatnaṁ kurvatāṁ ca tvayā sārtha raṇājire

Translation

“Even while you and your companions exert your utmost effort on the battlefield, …” (Karna speaks in the midst of combat, stressing the limits of human striving amid the moral pressure and uncertainty of war.)

Word by Word

• परम्: supreme, utmost
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वताम्: of those who are doing/making (effort)
• कुर्वताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• सार्थ: O charioteer (Sārathi)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna