Shloka 19

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

रथं वसुन्धरां देवीं विशालपुरमालिनीम्‌

Transliteration

rathaṁ vasundharāṁ devīṁ viśālapuramālinīm

Translation

ドゥルヨーダナは、聖なる大地を女神ヴァスンダラー（Vasundharā）として呼びかけ、広大な都々を飾りとする姿を語る。同時に、戦車を戦の目前の道具としても示す。この一句は、万有を支える地への崇敬と、その同じ地が戦場の重荷をも負うという苛烈な現実とを織り合わせ、権力と征服が究極には神聖であり、万人に共有されるものの上に成り立つことを聴く者に思い起こさせる。

Word by Word

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• देवीम्: goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विशालपुरमालिनीम्: adorned with the great city (Viśālapura)
• विशालपुरमालिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशालपुरमालिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Ratha (chariot)
• Vasundharā (Earth goddess)
• Viśāla-pura (great cities)