Shloka 22

Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)

Devanagari script

क्षत्रधर्म विदित्वाहं यदि ब्राह्मण्यमाश्रित: । प्रकुर्या सुमहत्‌ कर्म न मे तत्‌ साधुसम्मतम्‌

Transliteration

kṣatradharma viditvāhaṃ yadi brāhmaṇyam āśritaḥ | prakuryā sumahat karma na me tat sādhusammatam ||

Translation

ক্ষত্রিয়-ধর্ম জেনেও যদি আমি ব্রাহ্মণ্য আশ্রয় নিয়ে কোনো অতিমহৎ কর্ম (হিংসা) করি, তবে তা আমার মতে সজ্জনদের অনুমোদিত হবে না।

Word by Word

• क्षत्रधर्मम्: the duty of a kshatriya
• क्षत्रधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विदित्वा: having known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: क्त्वा, Parasmaipada (usage as absolutive), Absolutive

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• ब्राह्मण्यम्: brahminhood; the brahmin state/way
• ब्राह्मण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रितः: having resorted to; having taken refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकुर्याम्: I should do; I would perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Non-past (optative sense), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहत्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: deed; act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• मे: of me; to me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• साधु-सम्मतम्: approved by the good; considered proper by the virtuous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधुसम्मत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kṣatriya-dharma
• brāhmaṇya
• sādhu (the virtuous/good people)