Shloka 35

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140

Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents

Devanagari script

शड्खशब्दा: समुरजा भेर्यश्व मधुसूदन । उत्कृष्टसिंहनादश्न सुब्रह्मण्यो भविष्यति

Transliteration

śaṅkhaśabdāḥ samurajā bheryaśva madhusūdana | utkṛṣṭasiṃhanādaś ca subrahmaṇyo bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

କର୍ଣ୍ଣ କହିଲେ—ହେ ମଧୁସୂଦନ! ଶଙ୍ଖଧ୍ୱନି, ମୁରଜ-ଭେରୀର ଗର୍ଜନ ଓ ଅଶ୍ୱମାନଙ୍କ ହ୍ରେଷାଧ୍ୱନି ଏକାସାଥି ଉଠିବ; ଏବଂ ଏକ ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ ସିଂହନାଦ ଗୁଞ୍ଜିବ। ସେଠାରେ ‘ସୁବ୍ରହ୍ମଣ୍ୟ!’ ନାମକ ମଙ୍ଗଳ ଯୁଦ୍ଧଘୋଷ ମଧ୍ୟ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• शङ्खशब्दाः: sounds of conches
• शङ्खशब्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्खशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समुरजाः: along with drums (mṛdaṅga/dundubhi etc.)
• समुरजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुरज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भेर्यः: kettledrums
• भेर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उत्कृष्टसिंहनादः: a splendid lion-roar (great roar)
• उत्कृष्टसिंहनादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्कृष्टसिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुब्रह्मण्यः: auspicious/propitious (invoking Brahman; well-blessed)
• सुब्रह्मण्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुब्रह्मण्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Madhusūdana (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)
• conch (śaṅkha)
• war-drums (bheryaḥ)
• horses (aśvāḥ)
• lion-roar (siṃhanāda)
• Subrahmaṇya (invocatory cry)