Shloka 23

Aśvatthāman’s Admonition to Karṇa on Boasting, Varṇa-Duties, and the Threat of Arjuna

Virāṭa-parva, Adhyāya 45

Devanagari script

यो<यं वहति मे पार्ष्णि दक्षिणामभित: स्थित: । बलाहकादपि मत: स जवे वीर्यवत्तर:,और यह जो दाहिने भागका पिछला जुआ धारण करके खड़ा है, वह वेगमें बलाहक नामवाले अश्वसे भी अधिक समझा गया है

Transliteration

yo ’yaṁ vahati me pārṣṇi dakṣiṇām abhitaḥ sthitaḥ | balāhakād api mataḥ sa jave vīryavattaraḥ ||

Translation

ਉੱਤਰਾ ਬੋਲੀ—ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਜੋ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੱਜੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਪਿੱਛਲਾ ਜੂਆ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਵੇਗ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਬਲਾਹਕ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਅਸ਼ਵ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਵੱਧ, ਅਤੇ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਵੱਧ, ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वहति: carries/bears
• वहति: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पार्ष्णिम्: heel (hind part)
• पार्ष्णिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दक्षिणाम्: right (side)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: around/on the side of
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• स्थितः: standing/placed
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• बलाहकात्: than Balāhaka
• बलाहकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाहक
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मतः: considered/thought
• मतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जवे: in speed
• जवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वीर्यवत्तरः: more powerful/stronger
• वीर्यवत्तरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Comparative

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttara
• Balāhaka (horse)
• right side of the chariot
• rear yoke/heel-part (pārṣṇi)