Shloka 6

काकोपमोपदेशः

The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa

Devanagari script

(सर्वसैन्यमुदीक्ष्यैव क्रोधादुद्वृत्तलोचन: । दृष्टवा धर्मसुतं चापि सैन्यमध्ये व्यवस्थितम्‌ ।। श्रिया ज्वलन्तं कौन्तेयं यथा वज्रधरं युधि ।) दुर्योधन: समालक्ष्य धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

sarvasainyam udīkṣyaiva krodhād udvṛttalocanaḥ | dṛṣṭvā dharmasutaṃ cāpi sainyamadhye vyavasthitam || śriyā jvalantaṃ kaunteyaṃ yathā vajradharaṃ yudhi | duryodhanaḥ samālakṣya dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—సర్వసైన్యమును పరిశీలించగానే క్రోధముతో అతని కన్నులు ఉలికిపడ్డవి. సేనమధ్య నిలిచిన ధర్మసుతుడు యుధిష్ఠిరుని చూచెను—కుంతీపుత్రుడు రాజశ్రీతో జ్వలిస్తూ, యుద్ధమున వజ్రధారి ఇంద్రునివలె. అట్లా దుర్యోధనుడు ధర్మరాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుని లక్ష్యముగా దృష్టిని నిలిపెను.

Word by Word

• सर्व: all (entire)
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उदीक्ष्य: having looked at
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

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

• क्रोधात्: from anger / out of anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• उद्वृत्त: upturned/rolled (in fury)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-वृत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोचनः: one whose eyes (are ...); (having) eyes
• लोचनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• धर्मसुतम्: the son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मसुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मसुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• सैन्य: in the army
• सैन्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्यवस्थितम्: standing/posted/arrayed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-अव-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रिया: with splendor/fortune
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ज्वलन्तम्: blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कौन्तेयम्: the son of Kuntī (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वज्रधरम्: the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समालक्ष्य: having observed/marked
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• धर्मराजम्: the king of dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasuta, Dharmarāja, Kaunteya)
• Kuntī
• Dharma (Yama)
• Indra (Vajradhara)
• Vajra (thunderbolt)
• army (sainya)