Shloka 18
Devanagari script
यच्चाहं वासुदेवस्य नाऔ्रैषं वाक्यमर्थवत्
Transliteration
yac cāhaṃ vāsudevasya nāśrauṣaṃ vākyam arthavat
Translation
ধৃতরাষ্ট্র বললেন: “আর আমি বাসুদেবের অর্থপূর্ণ উপদেশ শুনিনি।” এই স্বীকারোক্তিতে তিনি নিজের নৈতিক ব্যর্থতা মেনে নেন—ধর্মসম্মত জ্ঞানবাণী অগ্রাহ্য করে তিনি সর্বনাশের পথ প্রশস্ত করেছিলেন, আর এখন অনুতাপের ভার বহন করছেন।
Word by Word
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormCommon, Nominative, Singular
वासुदेवस्यof Vāsudeva (Krishna)
वासुदेवस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
आश्रौषम्I listened/heeded
आश्रौषम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormAorist (Sic-luk), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
वाक्यम्speech; words
वाक्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अर्थवत्meaningful; full of import
अर्थवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्थवत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraV
Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Ignoring sound, meaningful counsel—especially when it aligns with dharma—creates moral culpability and leads to suffering; wisdom must be heeded, not merely heard.
In the Āśramavāsika context, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on past failures after the war’s devastation, admitting that he did not heed Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva), whose advice could have restrained wrongdoing and altered the tragic outcome.