Shloka 40

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

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

तं॑ मामेवंविधं राजन्‌ समर्थमरिनिग्रहे

Transliteration

taṁ mām evaṁvidhaṁ rājan samartham arinigrahe

Translation

O King, I—being such as I am, fully capable of subduing enemies—

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (person)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विधम्: kind, sort, manner
• Type: Noun
• Root: विध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समर्थम्: capable, competent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अरिनिग्रहे: in the subduing of enemies
• अरिनिग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि + निग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शल्य (Shalya)
• राजन् (the King—addressed interlocutor)