Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततो<ब्रवीन्महात्मा स एन॑ राजा युधिष्ठिर: । बृहनज्नला यस्य यन्ता कथं स न जयेद्‌ युधि,तब महात्मा राजा युधिष्ठिरने विराटसे कहा--“बृहन्नला जिसका सारथि हो, वह युद्धमें कैसे नहीं जीतेगा?”

Transliteration

tato 'bravīn mahātmā sa enaṁ rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bṛhannalā yasya yantā kathaṁ sa na jayed yudhi ||

Translation

Bấy giờ, vua Yudhiṣṭhira, bậc đại tâm, nói với Virāṭa: “Khi Bṛhannalā làm người đánh xe cho chàng, sao chàng lại không thắng trận được?”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एनम्: this one, him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• बृहन्नला: Bṛhannalā (name)
• बृहन्नला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन्नला
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• यन्ता: charioteer, driver
• यन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्तृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• जयेत्: would win, should conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Optative (liṅ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bṛhannalā