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

Sañjaya nói: “Hỡi bậc quân vương, đạo quân của ta nay đã bị giết hại gần như hết. Trước kia, khi binh lực còn đầy đủ, các con của Kuntī tuy ít ỏi vẫn đã tiêu diệt quân Kaurava; huống chi lúc này còn nói gì nữa?”

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