Shloka 19

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)

Devanagari script

कॉल्लोकांस्तु गमिष्यामि कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्‌ | अघातयं च यत्‌ कर्ण समरेष्वपलायिनम्‌

Transliteration

kāllokāṁstu gamiṣyāmi kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram | aghātayaṁ ca yat karṇa samareṣvapalāyinam ||

Translation

ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ— “ਮੈਂ ਕਾਲ ਦੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਇਕ ਅਤਿ ਕਠਿਨ ਤੇ ਘੋਰ ਕਰਮ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ—ਜੋ ਯੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਭੱਜਿਆ, ਉਸ ਕਰਣ ਦਾ ਵਧ ਮੈਂ ਕਰਵਾਇਆ।”

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada

• कर्म: a deed
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुदुष्करम्: very difficult (to do)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अघातयम्: I caused to be slain / I slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (घातयति) / हन् (causative)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

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

• यत्: which/that (deed)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समरेषु: in battles
• समरेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अपलायिनम्: one who does not flee
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपलायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Karṇa
• Kāla (Death)