Shloka 29

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

पापं हि यत्‌ त्वया कर्म घ्नता द्रोणं पुरा कृतम्‌ । अद्य त्वां तप्स्यते तद्‌ वै यथा न कुशलं तथा,'पांचालकुलकलंक! आज मैं तुझे मौतके मुँहमें भेज दूँगा। तुमने पूर्वकालमें ट्रोणाचार्यका वध करके जो पापकर्म किया है, वह एक अमंगलकारी कर्मकी भाँति आज तुझे संताप देगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | pāpaṃ hi yat tvayā karma ghnatā droṇaṃ purā kṛtam | adya tvāṃ tapsyate tad vai yathā na kuśalaṃ tathā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The sinful deed that you once committed—slaying Droṇa—will indeed burn you today. It will torment you like an inauspicious act, bringing you no welfare.”

Word by Word

• पापम्: sin, evil (act)
• पापम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• घ्नता: while killing; by (you) killing
• घ्नता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• कृतम्: done, committed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• त्वाम्: you (object)
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• तप्स्यते: will torment/burn (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• तत्: that (deed/sin)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• यथा: as, in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कुशलम्: well-being, good fortune; auspicious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तथा: so, thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)