Shloka 9

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

Devanagari script

अहं पार्थान्‌ हनिष्यामि सहितान्‌ सर्वसोमकै: । पश्यतो युधि भीष्मस्य शपे सत्येन ते नृप

Transliteration

ahaṁ pārthān haniṣyāmi sahitān sarva-somakaiḥ | paśyato yudhi bhīṣmasya śape satyena te nṛpa ||

Translation

迦尔那说道：“大王，我将在战场上，当毗湿摩亲眼注视之时，连同所有苏摩迦，一并诛杀普利塔（昆蒂）之子。大王，我以真理向你起誓。”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पार्थान्: the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• हनिष्यामि: I will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सहितान्: together with / accompanied by
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सर्व: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सोमकैः: with the Somakas
• सोमकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पश्यतः: while (he) is seeing / of (him) seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhīṣma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शपे: I swear
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Somakas
• Bhīṣma
• the king (nṛpa, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power and peril of vows in dharmic culture: invoking satya (truth) makes a promise morally binding, yet here it is used to intensify destructive intent, showing how ethical instruments (oaths) can serve adharma when yoked to hatred and rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna declares to the king that he will kill the Pāṇḍavas along with their Somaka allies, swearing by truth, and emphasizing that he will do so in battle while Bhīṣma is watching—projecting confidence and staking his reputation on a public, witnessed vow.