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Shloka 15

Jarāsandha–Vāsudeva Saṃvāda: Kṣātra-Dharma, Pride, and the Ethics of Coercion

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 20

जगन्नाथ! पुरुषोत्तम! आप सावधान होकर वही उपाय कीजिये

ayaṃ ca balināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śrīmān api vṛkodaraḥ |

yuvābhyāṃ sahito vīraḥ kiṃ na kuryān mahāyaśāḥ ||

যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—আর এই বীর বৃকোদরও, বলবানদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ, দীপ্তিমান ও মহাযশস্বী—তোমাদের দুজনের সঙ্গে যুক্ত হয়ে এমন কী আছে যা সে করতে পারে না? কৃষ্ণ ও অর্জুন একত্রে, আর পাশে ভীম—তবে এমন কোনো কাজ নেই যা দ্রুত সম্পন্ন করা যায় না।

अयम्this (man)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बलिनाम्of the strong (men)
बलिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootबलिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
श्रेष्ठःbest, foremost
श्रेष्ठः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रीमान्splendid, illustrious
श्रीमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रीमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वृकोदरःVṛkodara (Bhīma; 'wolf-bellied')
वृकोदरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृकोदर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
युवाभ्याम्with you two / by you two
युवाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुवम्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
सहितःaccompanied (together)
सहितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वीरःhero, warrior
वीरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कुर्यात्could do / would accomplish
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
महायशाःgreatly renowned, of great fame
महायशाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहायशस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
V
Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
K
Kṛṣṇa
A
Arjuna

Educational Q&A

Strength becomes ethically effective when aligned with righteous purpose and wise alliance: Yudhiṣṭhira frames Bhīma’s power as most decisive when joined to Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, implying that might should serve dharma through proper counsel and unity.

Yudhiṣṭhira is urging swift completion of a difficult undertaking by emphasizing the unbeatable combination of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, and adding that Bhīma—foremost among the strong—when accompanying them, can accomplish anything.