Shloka 17

Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्तु राधेयमिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌ । अकृतं द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां दुष्करं कर्म संयुगे

Transliteration

duryodhanas tu rādheyam idaṁ vacanam atravīt | akṛtaṁ droṇa-bhīṣmābhyāṁ duṣkaraṁ karma saṁyuge ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ദുര്യോധനൻ രാധേയനോട് (കർണ്ണനോട്) ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു— “യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ഒരു അത്യന്തം ദുഷ്കരമായ കര്‍മ്മം ഇനിയും അപൂർണ്ണമാണ്; ദ്രോണനും ഭീഷ്മനും പോലും അത് പൂർത്തിയാക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല.”

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राधेयम्: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदं
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अकृतम्: undone/not accomplished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणभीष्माभ्याम्: by Drona and Bhishma
• द्रोणभीष्माभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण-भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• दुष्करम्: difficult to do
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्म: deed/task
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Radheya (Karna)
• Droṇa
• Bhīṣma