Shloka 36

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

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

Devanagari script

कथमेकेन पातेन हंस: पातशतं जयेत्‌ । एकेनैव शतस्यैष पातेनाभिभविष्यति

Transliteration

katham ekena pātena haṁsaḥ pātaśataṁ jayet | ekenaiva śatasya eṣa pātenābhibhaviṣyati ||

Translation

“Bagaimana mungkin seekor angsa, dengan satu cara terbang, menewaskan seratus cara terbang? Bahkan, dengan satu itu sahaja, dia akan ditundukkan oleh yang seratus.”

Word by Word

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

• एकेन: by one
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पातेन: by a stroke/flight (a single move)
• पातेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हंसः: a swan
• हंसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पातशतम्: a hundred strokes/flights
• पातशतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात-शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जयेत्: might conquer/overcome
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एकेन: by one
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• शतस्य: of a hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पातेन: by a stroke/flight
• पातेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिभविष्यति: will overpower/defeat
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भू
• Form: Future (Lṛṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• हंस (Haṁsa, the Swan)