Shloka 20

कर्णसेनापत्यारम्भः — Karṇa’s Appointment and the Report to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Chapter 1

Devanagari script

यस्मिज्जयाशां पुत्राणां सममन्यत पार्थिव: । तस्मिन्‌ हते स कौरव्य: कथं प्राणानधारयत्‌,कुरुवंशी राजाने जिसके ऊपर अपने पुत्रोंकी विजयकी आशा बाँध रखी थी, उसके मारे जानेपर उन्होंने कैसे प्राण धारण किये?

Transliteration

yasmin jayāśāṃ putrāṇāṃ samamanyata pārthivaḥ | tasmin hate sa kauravyaḥ kathaṃ prāṇān adhārayat |

Translation

Janamejaya berkata: “Apabila raja itu telah meletakkan seluruh harapannya akan kemenangan putera-puteranya pada dirinya, maka setelah dia terbunuh, bagaimana pula putera Kuru (Duryodhana) dapat terus bertahan hidup?”

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जयाशाम्: hope of victory
• जयाशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय-आशा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्राणाम्: of (his) sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समम्: equal(ly)
• समम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यत: thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in him/when he
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हते: having been slain
• Type: Participle
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरव्यः: the Kaurava (king)
• कौरव्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; life
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अधारयत्: held up/sustained
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Kauravya (Duryodhana)
• Pārthiva (the king)
• Putrāḥ (sons)