Shloka 17

कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor

Devanagari script

तथैव भ्रातर: पञठ्च पाण्डवा: पुरुषर्षभा:

Transliteration

tathaiva bhrātaraḥ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಐದು ಸಹೋದರರು—ಪಾಂಡವರು—ಪುರುಷರಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರು, ನರವರೃಷಭರು.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya (invariable)

• एव: indeed, just, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (invariable)

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Numeral (indeclinable)

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• पुरुषर्षभाः: bulls among men; best of men
• पुरुषर्षभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Pāṇḍavas