Shloka 13

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 165 — Bhīṣma’s Appraisal and Karṇa’s Rebuttal (भीष्म–कर्ण विवादः)

Devanagari script

ते हनिष्यन्ति पार्थानां तानासाद्य महारथान्‌ । वरान्‌ वरान्‌ महेष्वासान्‌ क्षत्रियाणां धुरन्धरान्‌

Transliteration

te haniṣyanti pārthānāṃ tān āsādya mahārathān | varān varān maheṣvāsān kṣatriyāṇāṃ dhurandharān ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「パールター（プリターの子ら）の大車戦士に肉薄し、彼らを討ち倒すであろう――最上の英雄、強弓の射手、クシャトリヤの秩序を支え旗印となる者たちを。」

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हनिष्यन्ति: will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पार्थानाम्: of the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आसाद्य: having approached / having encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वरान्: excellent / best
• वरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वरान्: excellent (repeated for emphasis: very best)
• वरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महेष्वासान्: great bowmen
• महेष्वासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the kṣatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धुरन्धरान्: foremost bearers of the burden / leading champions
• धुरन्धरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुरन्धर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)