Shloka 26

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

Devanagari script

राजयाजकयाज्यानां मद्रकाणां च यन्मलम्‌ | तद्‌ भवेद्‌ वै तव मल यद्यस्मान्न विमुड्चसि,“राजपुरोहितोंके पुरोहितों तथा मद्रदेशवासियोंका जो मल है, वह सब तुम्हें प्राप्त हो, यदि इस सरोवरसे तुम मेरा उद्धार न कर दो”

Transliteration

rājayājakayājyānāṁ madrakāṇāṁ ca yan malam | tad bhaved vai tava mala yadyasmān na vimuñcasi ||

Translation

راج یاجکوں اور جن کے لیے وہ یَجْن کرتے ہیں، نیز مَدْر کے باشندوں کی جس ‘میل’ کا ذکر کیا جاتا ہے—وہی میل تم پر آ پڑے، اگر تم مجھے اس تالاب سے نہ چھوڑو۔

Word by Word

• राजयाजकयाज्यानाम्: of those who are to be sacrificed for by the royal priests (i.e., the clients of royal sacrificers)
• राजयाजकयाज्यानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजयाजक-याज्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मद्रकाणाम्: of the Madrakas (people of Madra)
• मद्रकाणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मलम्: impurity/filth
• मलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may become / may befall
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तव: to you / of you
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मलः: impurity/defilement
• मलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

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

• विमुञ्चसि: you release / set free / rescue
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Madra (country/people)
• royal sacrificers (rājayājakāḥ)
• sacrificial patrons/clients (yājyāḥ)
• lake/pond (implied by context: sarovara)