Shloka 12

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

करिष्यामि प्रयत्नेन भ्रातुरनन्‍्वेषणं यदि

Transliteration

kariṣyāmi prayatnena bhrātur ananveṣaṇaṁ yadi

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದರೆ, ನಾನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನ ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆಯನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವೆನು.”

Word by Word

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भ्रातुः: of (my/the) brother
• भ्रातुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अन्वेषणम्: search, seeking
• अन्वेषणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• brother (bhrātṛ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the pressures of war, the verse foregrounds personal responsibility and loyalty: one should not abandon a close relation without making a sincere, purposeful effort to find or account for them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events, expresses an intention to exert himself to search for his brother—framing the moment as a practical resolve within the unfolding wartime situation.