Shloka 13

Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

पितृष्वसामातुलजौ भ्रातरावपराजितौ

Transliteration

pitṛṣvasāmātulajau bhrātarāv aparājitau

Translation

Karna said: “The two brothers—born of my paternal aunt and my maternal uncle—stand unconquered.”

Word by Word

• पितृष्वसामातुलजौ: the paternal-aunt’s son and the maternal-uncle’s son (two cousins)
• पितृष्वसामातुलजौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृष्वसा + मातुलजा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भ्रातरौ: two brothers
• भ्रातरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अपराजितौ: unconquered; undefeated
• अपराजितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपराजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• two brothers (unspecified in this half-verse)