Shloka 43

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा ब्राह्मणा: सृष्टा मुखात्‌ क्षत्रं च बाहुत:

Transliteration

brahmaṇā brāhmaṇāḥ sṛṣṭā mukhāt kṣatraṃ ca bāhutaḥ

Translation

シャリヤは言った。「梵天によって、ブラーフマナは口より創られ、クシャトラ（武の階層）は腕より創られた。」

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahman / by the Creator
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सृष्टाः: created
• सृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुखात्: from (the) mouth
• मुखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• क्षत्रम्: the Kshatra (warrior class)
• क्षत्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बाहुतः: from (the) arm(s)
• बाहुतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Brahmā
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kṣatra (Kṣatriyas)