Shloka 7

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

कस्माद्‌ भवान्‌ महाखडूगं परिगृह्नाति सत्वर: । तत्‌ त्वां पृच्छामि कौन्तेय किमिदं ते चिकीर्षितम्‌

Transliteration

kasmād bhavān mahākhaḍgaṃ parigṛhṇāti satvaraḥ | tat tvāṃ pṛcchāmi kaunteya kim idaṃ te cikīrṣitam ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「なぜ汝は、あの大剣をかくも急ぎ手に取るのか。クンティの子よ、私は問う――汝はいったい何をしようとしているのだ。」

Word by Word

• कस्मात्: from what reason/why
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाखड्गम्: a great sword
• महाखड्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाखड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परिगृह्णाति: takes up / grasps
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ग्रह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सत्वरः: hastily, in haste
• सत्वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• पृच्छामि: I ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• चिकीर्षितम्: intended act; what you wish to do
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिकीर्षित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• mahākhaḍga (great sword)