Shloka 20

Devanagari script

स तथाहं करिष्यामि यथा भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

sa tathāhaṃ kariṣyāmi yathā bharatasattama

Translation

Sañjaya said: “So shall I do, exactly as you command, O best of the Bharatas.”

Word by Word

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

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (Vocative epithet)
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bharatasattama (honorific address, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra)