Shloka 493

Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

या गतिर्गुरुणा प्रोक्ता पुरा रामेण तां स्मरे । पूर्वकालमें गुरुवर परशुरामजीने युद्धमें पीठ न दिखानेवाले एवं शत्रुका सामना करते हुए प्राण विसर्जन कर देनेवाले पुरुषसिंहोंके लिये जो उत्तम गति बतायी है, उसे मैं सदा याद रखता हूँ

Transliteration

yā gatir guruṇā proktā purā rāmeṇa tāṃ smare |

Translation

Karna said: “I continually remember that supreme destiny once taught by my guru Rama (Paraśurāma)—the reward promised to lion-like warriors who, in battle, never turn their backs and who meet the enemy face to face, surrendering their very lives.”

Word by Word

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: course; destiny; (final) state
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुणा: by the teacher
• गुरुणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रोक्ता: told; declared
• प्रोक्ता: Karta
• Type: Participle
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• पुरा: formerly; earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• रामेण: by Rama (Parashurama)
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ताम्: that (same)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्मरे: I remember
• स्मरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, 1st, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Rama (Paraśurāma)
• guru (teacher)