Shloka 17

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

भवांश्व पुरुषव्यात्र सर्वतलोकमहारथ: । शल्य कर्ण;ोअर्जुनेनाद्य योद्धुमिच्छति संयुगे,'पुरुषसिंह शल्य! दूसरे आप भी सम्पूर्ण विश्वमें विख्यात महारथी होकर हमारे हितसाधनमें संलग्न हैं। आज कर्ण रणभूमिमें अर्जुनके साथ युद्ध करना चाहता है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bhavān śva puruṣavyāghra sarvatra lokamahārathaḥ |

śalya karṇo 'rjunena adya yoddhum icchati saṃyuge ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O tiger among men, you are indeed a great chariot-warrior renowned throughout the world and are engaged in securing our welfare. O Śalya, today Karṇa wishes to fight Arjuna on the battlefield.”

Word by Word

• भवान्: you (honored sir)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वलोकमहारथः: a great chariot-warrior famed in all worlds
• सर्वलोकमहारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोकमहारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शल्य: O Śalya
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• अर्जुनेन: with Arjuna / by Arjuna
• अर्जुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अद्य: today
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• योद्धुम्: to fight
• योद्धुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• इच्छति: desires / wishes
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• Karṇa
• Arjuna
• battlefield (saṃyuga)