Shloka 15

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

बलवन्तो महात्मान: कौन्तेया: सत्यविक्रमा: । बल॑ शेषं न हन्यूमें यथा तत्‌ कुरु पार्थिव,'भूपाल! बलवान, महामनस्वी और सत्यपराक्रमी कुन्तीकुमार मेरी शेष सेनाको जिस तरह भी नष्ट न कर सकें, ऐसा उपाय कीजिये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | balavanto mahātmānaḥ kaunteyāḥ satyavikramāḥ | balaśeṣaṃ na hanyūme yathā tat kuru pārthiva |

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—കുന്തീപുത്രന്മാർ ബലവാന്മാരും മഹാത്മാക്കളും സത്യപരാക്രമികളുമാണ്. ഹേ ഭൂപാലാ! അവർ എന്റെ ശേഷിച്ച സൈന്യത്തെ നശിപ്പിക്കാതിരിക്കുവാൻ ഒരു ഉപായം ചെയ്‌ക.

Word by Word

• बलवन्तः: strong
• बलवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कौन्तेयाः: sons of Kunti (Pandavas)
• कौन्तेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यविक्रमाः: of true valor / truly valiant
• सत्यविक्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बलशेषम्: the remaining army/force
• बलशेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलशेष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हन्युः: might kill/destroy
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• कुरु: do / make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaunteyāḥ (Pāṇḍavas)
• Pārthiva (the king addressed)