Shloka 13

Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization

Devanagari script

सूतपुत्र॑ सदुर्धर्ष शल्यं च बलिनां वरम्‌

Transliteration

Sūtaputraḥ sa durdharṣaḥ Śalyaṁ ca balināṁ varam, Pārtha! atyanta-durjayaṁ vīra sūtaputraṁ Karṇaṁ, balavatāṁ-śreṣṭhaṁ Śalyaṁ tathā yuddhe Śacīpati-Indra-sadṛśa-parākramī mahābalī Droṇaṁ ca yuddhe jitvā vinā tvaṁ iha rājyaṁ kathaṁ grahītuṁ icchasi?

Translation

Wika ni Ulūka: “O Pārtha, paano mo inaasahang angkinin ang kaharian dito kung hindi mo muna matatalo sa digmaan si Karṇa—ang di-madadaig na anak ng tagapagmaneho ng karwahe; si Śalya—pinakamataas sa mga makapangyarihan; at ang dakilang Droṇa—na ang tapang sa labanan ay tulad ni Indra, panginoon ni Śacī?”

Word by Word

• सूतपुत्रम्: the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• सूतपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सदुर्धर्षम्: ever-unassailable / very hard to overcome
• सदुर्धर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-दुर्धर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शल्यं: Shalya
• शल्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• बलिनाम्: of the strong (men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: the best
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

उलूक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ulūka
• Pārtha (Arjuna/Pāṇḍava)
• Karṇa
• Śalya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Indra (Śacīpati)
• Śacī