Shloka 41
Nara-Nārāyaṇa Precedent and Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna; Karṇa’s Reply
Devanagari script
ननु तत्रापि भीमेन पार्थेन च महात्मना । यमाभ्यामेव संगम्य गन्धर्वास्ते पराजिता:
Transliteration
nanu tatrāpi bhīmena pārthena ca mahātmanā | yamābhyāmeva saṅgamya gandharvāste parājitāḥ ||
Translation
तेथेही महात्मा भीम आणि पार्थ (अर्जुन) यांच्याशी—जणू यमाशीच—समोरासमोर येताच ते गंधर्व पराभूत झाले.
Word by Word
ननुindeed, surely
ननु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootननु
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
भीमेनby Bhima
भीमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
पार्थेनby Partha (Arjuna)
पार्थेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)
महात्मना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
यमाभ्याम्by those two Yamas (like Yama)
यमाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
संगम्यhaving met/encountered
संगम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
गन्धर्वाःthe Gandharvas
गन्धर्वाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthose (they)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पराजिताःdefeated
पराजिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपराजित
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaB
BhīmaP
Pārtha (Arjuna)Y
YamaG
GandharvasVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes