Shloka 14

कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan

Adhyāya 31

Devanagari script

तदिदं हतभूयिष्ठं बल॑ मम नराधिप । पूर्वमप्यल्पकै: पार्थर्हत॑ं किमुत साम्प्रतम्‌

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “O hari ng mga tao, ang aking hukbo ngayon ay halos nalipol sa pagpatay. Noon pa man, nang buo pa ang aming lakas, ang iilang anak ni Kuntī ay nakapagwasak na sa hukbong Kaurava; kaya ngayon, ano pa ang masasabi?”

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• hata-bhūyiṣṭham: mostly slain / with the greater part killed
• hata-bhūyiṣṭham: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata-bhūyiṣṭha
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• balam: army, force
• balam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• nara-adhipa: O king (lord of men)
• nara-adhipa: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara-adhipa
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• pūrvam: formerly, earlier
• pūrvam: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva

• api: even, also
• api: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• alpakaiḥ: by a few (men)
• alpakaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpaka
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• pārtha: O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā)
• pārtha: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• hatam: slain, destroyed
• hatam: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• uta: then, moreover
• uta: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uta

• sāmpratam: now, at present
• sāmpratam: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata

Speaker

संजय उवाच