Shloka 38

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

ध्वजयष्टिरभून्मेरु: श्रीमान्‌ कनकपर्वत: । पताकाश्चाभवन्‌ मेघास्तडिद्धि:ः समलड्कृता:

Transliteration

dhvajayaṣṭir abhūn meruḥ śrīmān kanakaparvataḥ | patākāś cābhavan meghās taḍiddhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ ||

Translation

难敌说道：“旗杆宛如须弥山本身——一座辉煌的金山；诸旗幡又如云霞，点缀着闪电般的华光，灿然可观。”

Word by Word

• ध्वज: banner/flag
• ध्वज: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यष्टिः: staff/pole
• यष्टिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मेरुः: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: splendid/glorious
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कनक: gold
• कनक: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वतः: mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पताकाः: pennants/streamers
• पताकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अभवन्: became/were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तडित्: lightning
• तडित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समलङ्कृता: adorned/embellished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अलङ्कृ (कृ)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Mount Meru
• dhvaja-yaṣṭi (standard-staff)
• patākā (banners/flags)
• megha (clouds)
• taḍit (lightning)