Shloka 1

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 165 — Bhīṣma’s Appraisal and Karṇa’s Rebuttal (भीष्म–कर्ण विवादः)

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माज बक। डे षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमोड< ध्याय: कौरवपक्षके रथियोंका परिचय भीष्म उवाच सुदक्षिणस्तु काम्बोजो रथ एकगुणो मतः । तवार्थसिद्धिमाकाड्क्षन्‌ योत्स्यते समरे परै:,भीष्मने कहा--राजन्‌! काम्बोजदेशके राजा सुदक्षिण एक रथी माने गये हैं। ये तुम्हारे कार्यकी सिद्धि चाहते हुए समरांगणमें शत्रुओंके साथ युद्ध करेंगे

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | sudakṣiṇas tu kāmbojo ratha ekaguṇo mataḥ | tavārthasiddhim ākāṅkṣan yotsyate samare paraiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai Raja, Sudakshina dari Kamboja dianggap sebagai pahlawan kereta bertaraf satu-ratha. Menginginkan tercapainya tujuan tuanku, dia akan bertempur melawan musuh di medan perang.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sudakṣiṇaḥ', 'definition': 'Sudakshina (proper name), king/leader associated with Kamboja'}, {'term': 'kāmbojaḥ', 'definition': 'Kamboja

• a northwestern region/people'}, {'term': 'rathaḥ (rathī)', 'definition': 'chariot-warrior

• here indicating a graded rank of fighter'}, {'term': 'ekaguṇaḥ', 'definition': 'of one grade/quality

• ‘single-ratha’ rank (a lower tier in the rathī hierarchy)'}, {'term': 'mataḥ', 'definition': 'considered, regarded as'}, {'term': 'tava', 'definition': 'your (addressed to the Kaurava king)'}, {'term': 'artha-siddhiḥ', 'definition': 'accomplishment of the aim

• success of the intended purpose'}, {'term': 'ākāṅkṣan', 'definition': 'desiring, wishing for'}, {'term': 'yotsyate', 'definition': 'will fight (future middle of √yudh)'}, {'term': 'samaraḥ', 'definition': 'battle, armed conflict'}, {'term': 'paraiḥ', 'definition': 'with/against the others

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Sudakshina (Sudakṣiṇa)
• Kamboja (Kāmboja)
• Kaurava king (addressed as 'tava', i.e., Duryodhana in context)