Shloka 49

Karna Reproves Shalya; Brahmin Reports on Bāhlīkas; Shalya’s Universalizing Rebuttal (कर्ण–शल्य संवादः)

Devanagari script

सपर्वतवनद्वीपा हतवीरा ससागरा | पुत्रपौत्रप्रतिष्ठा ते भविष्यत्यद्य पार्थिव

Transliteration

sa-parvata-vana-dvīpā hatavīrā sa-sāgarā | putra-pautra-pratiṣṭhā te bhaviṣyaty adya pārthiva ||

Translation

Karna disse: “Ó rei, uma vez abatido aquele herói, esta terra inteira—com suas montanhas, florestas, ilhas e mares que a circundam—agora privada de seus valentes, ficará hoje firmemente estabelecida em tua linhagem, como herança duradoura para teus filhos e netos.”

Word by Word

• स: that (same)
• स: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वत-वन-द्वीपा: having mountains, forests, and islands
• पर्वत-वन-द्वीपा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत/वन/द्वीप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हत-वीरा: whose heroes are slain
• हत-वीरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (हत)/वीर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स: that (same)
• स: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स-सागरा: together with the oceans
• स-सागरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्र-पौत्र-प्रतिष्ठा: established in sons and grandsons (dynastic succession)
• पुत्र-पौत्र-प्रतिष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र/पौत्र/प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be / will become
• भविष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भूपाल: O protector of the earth (king)
• भूपाल: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपाल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• a king (pārthiva/bhūpāla, addressee)
• earth (pṛthivī)
• mountains (parvata)
• forests (vana)
• islands/continents (dvīpa)
• seas/oceans (sāgara)
• sons (putra)
• grandsons (pautra)
• heroes/warriors (vīra)