Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः कृष्णं महाबाहुं सात्यकि: सत्यविक्रम: । पप्रच्छ रथशार्दूल: कर्ण प्रति महारथ:,तदनन्तर रथियोंमें सिंहके समान शूरवीर सत्यपराक्रमी महारथी सात्यकिने महाबाहु श्रीकृष्णसे कर्णके विषयमें इस प्रकार प्रश्न किया--

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ mahābāhuṃ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | papraccha rathaśārdūlaḥ karṇaṃ prati mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Then Sātyaki—true in valor, a great warrior and a tiger among charioteers—questioned mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa about Karṇa, seeking clarity on him in the midst of the war’s grave moral and strategic stakes.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहुम्: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सात्यकिः: Satyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यविक्रमः: of true valor
• सत्यविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथशार्दूलः: tiger among chariot-warriors
• रथशार्दूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथशार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: about/concerning; towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति
• Form: Avyaya (preposition governing accusative)

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Sātyaki
• Karṇa