Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अद्य त्वामनुपश्यामि कर्ण हत्वा महीपते | सभाजयितुमाक्रन्दादिति सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते,भूपाल! आज मैं कर्णको मारकर ही आपका दर्शन करूँगा और युद्धस्थलसे आपका अभिनन्दन करनेके लिये आऊँगा। यह मैं आपसे सत्य कहता हूँ

Transliteration

adya tvām anupaśyāmi karṇa hatvā mahīpate | sabhājayitum ākrandād iti satyaṁ bravīmi te ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “O king, today I shall come before you only after slaying Karṇa. Then, from the battlefield’s tumult, I will approach to pay you homage. This I tell you in truth.”

Word by Word

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनुपश्यामि: I will see / I behold
• अनुपश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• महीपते: O lord of the earth (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सभाजयितुम्: to honor / to pay respects
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सभाज् (सभाजयति)
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• आक्रन्दात्: from the battle-cry / from the tumult
• आक्रन्दात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रन्द
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say
• ब्रवीमि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• भूपाल: O king / protector of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपालः
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Karna
• Mahīpati/Bhūpāla (the king addressed)