Shloka 17

Chapter 61: Karṇa’s martial assurances and Bhīṣma’s strategic rebuttal in the Kuru assembly

Devanagari script

यदैव रामे भगवत्यनिन्दये ब्रह्म ब्रुवाण: कृतवांस्तदस्त्रम्‌ । तदैव धर्मश्न तपश्च नष्ट वैकर्तनस्यथाधमपूरुषस्य

Transliteration

yadaiva rāme bhagavaty anindye brahma bruvāṇaḥ kṛtavāṁs tad astram | tadaiva dharmaś ca tapaś ca naṣṭaḥ vaikartanasya atha adhamapuruṣasya ||

Translation

ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਿਸ ਪਲ ਕਰਨ ਨੇ ਨਿੰਦਾਰਹਿਤ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਰਾਮ (ਪਰਸ਼ੁਰਾਮ) ਦੇ ਕੋਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਦੱਸ ਕੇ ਛਲ ਨਾਲ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਸਤਰ ਦੀ ਵਿਦਿਆ ਲਈ, ਉਸੇ ਪਲ ਉਸ ਅਧਮ ਵੈਕਰਤਨ ਦਾ ਧਰਮ ਅਤੇ ਤਪ ਨਸ਼ਟ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• रामे: in/with Rama (Parashurama)
• रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भगवति: in the revered/lordly one
• भगवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनिन्द्ये: blameless
• अनिन्द्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिन्द्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahma-knowledge / sacred formula (here: brahmāstra-vidyā)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रुवाणः: saying/declaring
• ब्रुवाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतवान्: did / obtained / learned (having done)
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्तवतु (perfective past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon (astra)
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• धर्मः: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• नष्टः: was destroyed/ruined
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used predicatively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• कर्तनस्य: of Kartana (Karna)
• कर्तनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अधम-पुरुषस्य: of that lowest man
• अधम-पुरुषस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधमपुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Karṇa (Vaikartana)
• Brahmāstra