Shloka 12

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

प्रतिज्ञां पालयिष्यामि हत्वैनं नरसत्तमम्‌ | एतदर्थ मया खड्गो गृहीतो यदुनन्दन,“यदुनन्दन! इन नरश्रेष्ठका वध करके मैं अपनी प्रतिज्ञाका पालन करूँगा; इसीलिये मैंने यह खड्ग हाथमें लिया है

Transliteration

pratijñāṃ pālayiṣyāmi hatvainam narasattamam | etadarthaṃ mayā khaḍgo gṛhīto yadunandana ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Aku akan menunaikan sumpahku dengan membunuh insan utama ini. Demi tujuan itulah, wahai kesayangan kaum Yadu, aku menghunus pedang ini.”

Word by Word

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: vow, promise
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पालयिष्यामि: I will keep/fulfil
• पालयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हत्वा: having slain/killed
• हत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Absolutive (Ktva), Parasmaipada

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नरसत्तमम्: the best of men
• नरसत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एतदर्थम्: for this purpose
• एतदर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एतदर्थ

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

• खड्गः: sword
• खड्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गृहीतः: taken, grasped
• गृहीतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (Kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदुनन्दन: O descendant/delighter of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yadunandana (Kṛṣṇa)
• khaḍga (sword)
• narasattama (the 'foremost man'—unnamed in this verse)