Shloka 2

कर्णेन्द्रविनिमयः

Karna–Indra Exchange of Kavaca-Kuṇḍala for the Vāsavī-Śakti

Devanagari script

मा शुचः पुरुषव्याप्र क्षत्रियोडसि परंतप । बाहुवीयश्िते मार्गे वर्तसे दीप्तनिर्णये,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले पुरुषसिंह! तुम क्षत्रिय हो, शोक न करो। तुम तो उस मार्गपर चल रहे हो, जहाँ केवल अपने बाहुबलका भरोसा किया जाता है तथा जहाँ अभीष्ट फलकी प्राप्ति प्रत्यक्ष एवं असंदिग्ध है

Transliteration

mā śucaḥ puruṣavyāghra kṣatriyo 'si parantapa | bāhuvīryāśrite mārge vartase dīptanirṇaye ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Do not grieve, tiger among men; you are a kṣatriya, a scorcher of foes. You are walking the path that rests upon the strength of one’s own arms—a course whose intended result is clear and decisive.”

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive particle used with imperative/optative

• शुचः: grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: present imperative, 2nd person singular (parasmaipada)

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: masculine, vocative singular

• क्षत्रियः: a Kshatriya (warrior)
• क्षत्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: masculine, nominative singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present indicative, 2nd person singular (parasmaipada)

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: masculine, vocative singular

• बाहुवीर्याश्रिते: in (a path) relying on the strength of arms
• बाहुवीर्याश्रिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहुवीर्याश्रित
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative singular

• मार्गे: in the path/way
• मार्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: masculine, locative singular

• वर्तसे: you proceed / you are engaged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: present indicative, 2nd person singular (ātmanepada)

• दीप्तनिर्णये: in which the outcome is clear and decisive
• दीप्तनिर्णये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्तनिर्णय
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya