Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

अश्रौषं निहतान्‌ पुत्रान्‌ नित्यमेव विनिर्जितान्‌ | न पाण्डवानां समरे कक्षिदस्ति निवारक:

Transliteration

aśrauṣaṁ nihatān putrān nityam eva vinirjitān | na pāṇḍavānāṁ samare kaścid asti nivārakaḥ ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้ยินว่า บุตรของเราถูกสังหารครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า และพ่ายแพ้อยู่เนืองนิตย์. ในศึกนี้ไม่มีผู้ใดสามารถยับยั้งปาณฑพได้.

Word by Word

• अश्रौषम्: I heard
• अश्रौषम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), 1, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• निहतान्: slain
• निहतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (कृदन्त; नि+हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

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

• विनिर्जितान्: completely defeated
• विनिर्जितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिर्जित (कृदन्त; वि+निर्+जि)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone (someone at all)
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), 3, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• निवारकः: a restrainer/one who can stop (them)
• निवारकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kuru princes (our sons)