Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 8

Chapter 1/Verse 8

भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिंजयः ।

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च ॥१-८॥

bhavānbhīṣmaśca karṇaśca kṛpaśca samitiṃjayaḥ ।

aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca saumadattistathaiva ca ॥1-8॥


You and Bhīṣma and Karṇa and Kṛpa, Samitiṃjayas. Aśvatthāmā and Vikarṇa and son-of-Somadatta, indeed, in that manner.


bhavān (stem form: bhavant) (honorific, masculine, nominative, singular) = you

bhīṣmas (stem form: bhīṣma) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Bhīṣma

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

karṇas (stem form: karṇa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Karṇa

ca (indeclinable) = and

kṛpas (stem form: kṛpa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Kṛpa

ca (indeclinable) = and

samitiṃjayas (stem form: samitiṃjaya) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Samitiṃjaya

aśvatthāmā (stem form: aśvatthāmān) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Aśvatthāmā

vikarṇas (stem form: vikarṇa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = Vikarṇa

ca (indeclinable) = and

Saumadattis (masculine, nominative, singular with nominal derivatives) = son-of-Somadatta

tathā (indeclinable) = in that manner

eva (indeclinable) = indeed (emphatic particle, emphasizes preceding word)

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and



One translation interprets "samitiṃjayas" as a proper name, but most other translations consider it an epithet of Kṛpa meaning "victorious in battle".  I side with the lone translation given the sandhi of the word does not make sense one making the word an epithet of Kṛpa.

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