Shloka 124

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

यथा शल्याद्य कर्णो<यं श्वेताश्वं कृष्णसारथिम्‌ | प्रमथ्य हन्यात्‌ कौन्तेयं तथा शीघ्रं विधीयताम्‌

Transliteration

yathā śalyādya karṇo ’yaṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim | pramathya hanyāt kaunteyaṃ tathā śīghraṃ vidhīyatām, śalya! |

Translation

हे शल्य! त्वरेने असा उपाय करा की हा कर्ण, श्वेत अश्वांनी युक्त आणि श्रीकृष्ण सारथी असलेल्या कुंतीपुत्र अर्जुनाला चिरडून मारून टाकील।

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: indeclinable (comparative particle)

• शल्यात्: from/than Shalya
• शल्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: indeclinable (time adverb)

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• श्वेताश्वम्: white-horsed (one)
• श्वेताश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेताश्व
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कृष्णसारथिम्: having Krishna as charioteer
• कृष्णसारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णसारथि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रमथ्य: having crushed/overpowered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मथ्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable

• हन्यात्: may/should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: optative (vidhi-liṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• कौन्तेयम्: the son of Kunti (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तथा: so, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: indeclinable (correlative adverb)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: indeclinable (adverb)

• विधीयताम्: let it be done/arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा
• Form: imperative (loṭ), passive (karmaṇi), 3rd person, singular

• शल्य: O Shalya
• शल्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Śalya
• Karna
• Arjuna (Kaunteya)
• Kṛṣṇa
• white horses (śvetāśvāḥ)
• charioteer (sārathi)