Shloka 213

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

त॑ पार्थ जहि राधेय किं ते हत्वा युधिष्ठिरम्‌ 'राधापुत्र! दुर्योधनने जिनसे जूझनेके लिये तुम्हारा सदा सम्मान किया है, उन कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनको मारो। युधिष्ठिरका वध करनेसे तुम्हें क्या मिलेगा?

Transliteration

taṁ pārtha jahi rādheya kiṁ te hatvā yudhiṣṭhiram

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna), strike down Rādheya (Karna). What will you gain by killing Yudhiṣṭhira?” In the moral frame of the war, the counsel points to the true strategic and ethical center of the conflict: confronting the foremost warrior who sustains the enemy’s strength, rather than seeking a less decisive killing that brings little advantage and risks a lapse in righteous priorities.

Word by Word

• तं: him (that one)
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जहि: kill!
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राधेय: O Radheya (Karna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• हत्वा: having killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Karna (Rādheya, Rādhāputra)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Duryodhana