Shloka 17

कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma

Devanagari script

शतद्रुकामहं तीर्त्वा तां च रम्यामिरावतीम्‌

Transliteration

śatadrukām ahaṃ tīrtvā tāṃ ca ramyām irāvatīm

Translation

Karna said: “Having crossed the Śatadrū river, I also crossed that lovely Irāvatī.” In recalling these crossings, Karna evokes the arduous movement of warriors across sacred and strategic waterways—an image of resolve and relentless advance amid the moral weight of war.

Word by Word

• शतद्रुकाम्: the (river) Śatadru
• शतद्रुकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतद्रु (नदी-नाम)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तीर्त्वा: having crossed
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तरणे)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, —

• ताम्: that (river)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• रम्याम्: beautiful, delightful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इरावतीम्: the (river) Irāvatī
• इरावतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावती (नदी-नाम)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Śatadrū (river)
• Irāvatī (river)