Shloka 53

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

यथा चाल्पश्रुतो मूढो धर्माणामविभागवित्‌

Transliteration

yathā cālpaśruto mūḍho dharmāṇām avibhāgavit

Translation

Подобно глупцу с малым знанием, не умеющему различать надлежащие различия между обязанностями дхармы,

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• अल्पश्रुतः: one who has heard/learned little; poorly learned
• अल्पश्रुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मूढः: deluded, foolish
• मूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्माणाम्: of duties/laws/virtues
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अविभागवित्: knowing no distinctions (i.e., not discerning divisions)
• अविभागवित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविभागविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva