Shloka 30
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०
Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
Devanagari script
उनमेंसे कुछ उड़ानोंके
Transliteration
kartāsmi miṣatāṁ vo 'dya tato drakṣyatha me balam | teṣām anyatamena ahaṁ patiṣyāmi vihāyasam ||
Translation
迦迦说道：“就在今日，当你们注视之时，我将有所作为——随后你们便会见识我的力量。凭借那些飞行方式中的一种，我将腾空而起。”
Word by Word
कर्तास्मिI am (the) doer / I will do
कर्तास्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + अस् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन
मिषताम्of (you) who are looking on / while (you) watch
मिषताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootमिष् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
वःof you / for you
वः:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन
उद्यhaving risen / having gone up
उद्य:
Karna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् + या (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)
ततःthen / thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
द्रक्ष्यथyou will see
द्रक्ष्यथ:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यम, बहुवचन
मेmy
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन
बलम्strength, power
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तेषाम्of those (among them)
तेषाम्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन
अन्यतमेनby one (of them), by some one
अन्यतमेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्यतम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचन
पतिष्यामिI will fly / I will fall (move through the air)
पतिष्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तम, एकवचन
विहायसम्the sky, the open air
विहायसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविहायस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
Speaker
काक उवाच
Characters & Entities
क
काक (Kāka, the crow)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the performative nature of boasting: claims of power are tested by action in public view. Ethically, it contrasts mere assertion with demonstrable capability, a recurring Mahābhārata concern in evaluating worth and credibility.
The speaker, Kāka (the crow), declares that while the audience watches he will demonstrate his strength by taking flight using one among the previously enumerated styles or techniques of flying.