Shloka 9

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

Devanagari script

एतन्मया श्रुतं तत्र धर्मसंकरकारकम्‌ । कृत्स्नामटित्वा पृथिवीं वाहीकेषु विपर्यय:

Transliteration

etanmayā śrutaṃ tatra dharmasaṅkarakārakam | kṛtsnām aṭitvā pṛthivīṃ vāhīkeṣu viparyayaḥ ||

Translation

Karna berkata: “Inilah yang aku dengar di sana—sesuatu yang menimbulkan kekacauan dan kerosakan dharma. Setelah mengembara ke seluruh bumi, aku dapati bahawa dalam kalangan kaum Vāhīka terdapat suatu pembalikan yang songsang (daripada tata laku yang wajar).”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• धर्मसंकरकारकम्: causing confusion/mixing of dharma
• धर्मसंकरकारकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मसंकरकारक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कृत्स्नाम्: entire, whole
• कृत्स्नाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अटित्वा: having wandered
• Type: Verb
• Root: अट्
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वाहीकेषु: among the Vāhīkas
• वाहीकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहीक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विपर्ययः: perversion, reversal, disorder
• विपर्ययः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपर्यय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Pṛthivī (the earth)
• Vāhīkas