Shloka 40

Devanagari script

प्रयाहि वृद्धिं च दिशन्तु देवता यथाहमिच्छामि तवास्तु तत्‌ तथा | प्रयाहि शीघ्रं जहि कर्णमाहवे पुरंदरो वृत्रमिवात्मवृद्धये,“जाओ, देवता तुम्हें अभ्युदय प्रदान करें। मैं तुम्हारे लिये जैसा चाहता हूँ, वैसा ही सब कुछ तुम्हें प्राप्त हो। आगे बढ़ो और युद्धस्थलमें शीघ्र ही कर्णको मार डालो। ठीक उसी तरह, जैसे देवराज इन्द्रने अपने ही ऐश्वर्यकी वृद्धिके लिये वृत्रासुरका नाश किया था!

Transliteration

prayāhi vṛddhiṃ ca diśantu devatā yathāham icchāmi tavāstu tat tathā | prayāhi śīghraṃ jahi karṇam āhave puraṃdaro vṛtram ivātmavṛddhaye ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Go forth; may the gods grant you prosperity. May it be for you exactly as I desire. Advance quickly and strike down Karṇa on the battlefield—just as Indra, for the increase of his own sovereignty, slew Vṛtra.”

Word by Word

प्रयाहिgo forth; proceed

वृद्धिम्prosperity; increase

चand

दिशन्तुmay (they) grant; let (them) bestow

देवताःthe gods; deities

यथाas; in the manner that

अहम्I

इच्छामिI desire; I wish

तवfor you; of you

अस्तुlet it be; may it be

तत्that

तथाso; thus

प्रयाहिgo forth; proceed

शीघ्रम्quickly

जहिslay; kill

कर्णम्Karna

आहवेin battle

पुरंदरःPurandara (Indra)

वृत्रम्Vritra

इवlike; as

आत्मवृद्धयेfor (his) own increase/prosperity

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Indra (Puraṃdara)

Vṛtra

Devatāḥ (the gods)

Āhava (battlefield)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes