Shloka 18

Droṇācārya’s Assessment of the Pāṇḍavas: Nīti, Kāla, and Intelligence (विराटपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

अथवा विषमं प्राप्प विनष्टा: शाश्वती: समा: । तस्मान्मानसमपव्यग्रं कृत्वा त्वं कुरुनन्दन । कुरु कार्य महोत्साहं मन्यसे यन्नराधिप,“अथवा वे किसी विषम परिस्थितिमें पड़कर सदाके लिये नष्ट हो गये हों। अतः कुरुनन्दन! मनुजेश्वर! आप अपने चित्तको स्वस्थ करके जो ठीक समझमें आवे, वह कार्य पूर्ण उत्साहके साथ करें"

Transliteration

athavā viṣamaṃ prāpya vinaṣṭāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | tasmān mānasam apavyagraṃ kṛtvā tvaṃ kurunandana | kuru kāryaṃ mahotsāhaṃ manyase yan narādhipa ||

Translation

নচেৎ তেওঁলোকে কোনো ভয়ংকৰ বিপদত পৰি, বহু দীঘল বছৰ পাৰ হৈ যোৱাৰ পিছত চিৰদিনৰ বাবে বিনষ্ট হৈ গৈছে। সেয়ে, হে কুৰুনন্দন, হে নৰাধিপ, মন স্থিৰ কৰি তুমি যি সঠিক বুলি ভাবা, সেই কাৰ্য মহোৎসাহে সম্পন্ন কৰা।

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• विषमम्: uneven/difficult (situation)
• विषमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Gerund (त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada/General, Non-finite

• विनष्टाः: destroyed/perished
• विनष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शाश्वतीः: everlasting/perpetual
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative, Singular, Neuter

• मानसम्: mind
• मानसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपव्यग्रम्: unagitated/undistracted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपव्यग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Gerund (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada/General, Non-finite

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

• कुरु-नन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुरु: do; perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्यम्: the task/duty
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महा-उत्साहम्: great enthusiasm
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उत्साह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नर-अधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kurunandana (a Kuru prince)
• Narādhipa (the king addressed)