Shloka 41
Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)
Devanagari script
एवमादि मयान्यैर्वा शक््यं वक्तुं भवेद् बहु
Transliteration
evamādi mayānyair vā śakyaṃ vaktuṃ bhaved bahu
Translation
ఇలా ఇంకా చాలా—నేనైనా, ఇతరులైనా—చెప్పగలరు.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
आदिand so on; etc.
आदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formcommon, instrumental, singular
अन्यैःby others
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
शक्यम्possible; able to be done/said
शक्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
Formneuter, nominative, singular
वक्तुम्to say; to speak
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Forminfinitive (tumun)
भवेत्might be; could be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formoptative (vidhilin), 3rd, singular
बहुmuch; a lot
बहु:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
Speaker
कर्ण उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KarnaDharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line signals rhetorical restraint: even when one can elaborate at length, one may choose to conclude, implying that the essential point has been stated and further speech is unnecessary.
Karna, as the speaker, closes or rounds off a statement by noting that many more arguments or details could be expressed—by himself or others—indicating a deliberate end to the present discourse.