Shloka 25

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति कुलहितोपदेशः | Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Duryodhana on Dynastic Welfare

Devanagari script

एवं वै भाव्यमेतेन क्षयं यास्यन्ति कौरवा: । यथा त्वं भाषसे कर्ण दैवं तु बलवत्तरम्‌

Transliteration

evaṃ vai bhāvyametena kṣayaṃ yāsyanti kauravāḥ | yathā tvaṃ bhāṣase karṇa daivaṃ tu balavattaram ||

Translation

确乎如此，这便是注定之事：循此途径，俱卢族的考罗婆必将走向覆灭。正如你所言，迦尔纳——然而天命（daiva）终究更为强大。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भाव्यम्: to be, destined/inevitable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतेन: by this, because of this
• एतेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction, ruin
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यास्यन्ति: will go/meet with, will reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural

• कौरवाः: the Kauravas
• कौरवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• भाषसे: you speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कर्ण: O Karṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दैवम्: fate, destiny, divine dispensation
• दैवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बलवत्तरम्: stronger, more powerful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Comparative

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कर्ण (Karṇa)
• कौरवाः (Kauravas)