Shloka 63

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

प्रत्युवाच तत: काक: सीदमान इदं वच: । उपरिष्ट तदा हंसमभिवीक्ष्य प्रसादयन्‌,तब जलमें अत्यन्त कष्ट पाते हुए कौएने जलके ऊपर ठहरे हुए हंसकी ओर देखकर उसे प्रसन्न करनेके लिये कहा

Transliteration

pratyuvāca tataḥ kākaḥ sīdamāna idaṃ vacaḥ | upariṣṭāt tadā haṃsam abhivīkṣya prasādayan |

Translation

そのとき、烏は水に沈みかけ、もがき苦しみながらこう言った。水面の上にとどまる白鳥を見上げ、力尽きかけた身を救わんとして、へりくだった言葉でその心をなだめようとした。

Word by Word

• प्रत्युवाच: replied/answered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√वच्
• Form: Luṅ (Aorist), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/from thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• काकः: the crow
• काकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सीदमानः: sinking/being distressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √सद् (सीद्) → सीदमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present active participle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपरिष्टात्: above/on top
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरिष्टात्

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• हंसम्: the swan
• हंसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिवीक्ष्य: having looked at
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-√वीक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रसादयन्: seeking to please/conciliating
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√सद् (causative √सादय्) → प्रसादयत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• काक (crow)
• हंस (swan)
• जल (water)