Shloka 28

कर्णवधोत्तरं शल्य-दुर्योधनसंवादः

Aftermath of Karṇa’s Fall: Śalya’s Address to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अस्मान्‌ नैवं पुत्रदारैर्विहीनान्‌ सुखाद्‌ भ्रष्टान्‌ राज्यनाशाच्च भूय:

Transliteration

asmān naivaṁ putradārair vihīnān sukhād bhraṣṭān rājyānāśāc ca bhūyaḥ

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—“ہم پھر کبھی ایسی حالت میں نہ رہ جائیں—بیٹوں اور بیویوں سے محروم، خوشی سے گرے ہوئے، اور سلطنت کے زوال سے مزید تباہ۔”

Word by Word

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

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• पुत्रदारैः: by sons and wives (i.e., with family)
• पुत्रदारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विहीनान्: deprived (of), bereft
• विहीनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सुखात्: from happiness/comfort
• सुखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भ्रष्टान्: fallen, deprived, ruined
• भ्रष्टान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राज्यनाशात्: from the destruction/loss of the kingdom
• राज्यनाशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्यनाश
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• भूयः: again, further, moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sons (putra)
• wives (dāra)
• kingdom (rājya)