Shloka 34

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

एकमेव तु यं पातं विदु: सर्वे विहंगमा: । तमहं पतिता काक नान्यं जानामि कठ्चन

Transliteration

ekam eva tu yaṁ pātaṁ viduḥ sarve vihaṅgamāḥ | tam ahaṁ patitā kāka nānyaṁ jānāmi kaścana ||

Translation

“എല്ലാ പക്ഷികളും അറിയുന്ന ആ ഒരേയൊരു സത്യാശ്രയം/ഗതി മാത്രമേ ഉള്ളൂ; ഹേ കാക്കാ, ഞാൻ അതിലേക്കാണ് പതിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. അതൊഴികെ മറ്റൊന്നും എനിക്ക് അറിയില്ല.”

Word by Word

• एकम्: one (single)
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पातम्: protector/savior
• पातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विदुः: know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विहङ्गमाः: birds
• विहङ्गमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहङ्गम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• पतिता: fallen (wretched)
• पतिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काक: O crow
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जानामि: I know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कश्चन: anyone/anything at all
• कश्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• हंस (Haṃsa, swan)
• काक (Kāka, crow)
• विहंगमाः (birds)