Shloka 161

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

सर्वथा न हायं शल्य कर्ण: सूतकुलोद्धव: । सकुण्डलं सकवचं दीर्घबाहुं महारथम्‌

Transliteration

sarvathā na hāyaṃ śalya karṇaḥ sūtakulodbhavaḥ | sakuṇḍalaṃ sakavacaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ mahāratham ||

Translation

ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਹੇ ਸ਼ਲ੍ਯ! ਇਹ ਕਰਣ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੂਤ-ਕੁਲ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਨਹੀਂ। ਕੁੰਡਲ ਤੇ ਕਵਚ ਨਾਲ ਸਜਿਆ, ਲੰਮੇ ਬਾਂਹਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ, ਮਹਾਰਥੀ—ਉਹ ਤਾਂ ਅਗੇਤਰੀ ਵੀਰ ਹੈ।”

Word by Word

• सर्वथा: in every way, entirely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ह: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शल्य: O Śalya
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूतकुलोद्भवः: born from a charioteer-family
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूतकुलोद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सकुण्डलम्: with earrings
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकुण्डल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सकवचम्: with armor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकवच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दीर्घबाहुम्: long-armed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथम्: a great chariot-warrior
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Śalya
• Karṇa
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• kavaca (armor)