Shloka 57

अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

न युद्धधर्माच्छेयान्‌ हि पन्था: स्वर्गस्थ कौरवा:

Transliteration

na yuddhadharmāc chreyān hi panthāḥ svargastha kauravāḥ

Translation

হে স্বৰ্গস্থ কৌৰৱসকল, যুদ্ধধৰ্মতকৈ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ পথ সঁচাকৈয়ে নাই।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• युद्धधर्मात्: from the duty/law of battle
• युद्धधर्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• श्रेयान्: better
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पन्थाः: path/way
• पन्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गस्थ: O you who are in heaven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्गस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• कौरवाः: O Kauravas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kauravas
• Svarga (heaven)