Shloka 55

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

नावहास्या यथा वीर भवेम परमाहवे । तथा कुरु रणे यत्नं साधयस्व पितामहम्‌,“वीर! इस महायुद्धमें जैसे भी हमलोग हँसीके पात्र न बनें, वैसा प्रयत्न करो। रणक्षेत्रमें पितामह भीष्मको अवश्य मार डालो

Transliteration

nāvahāsyā yathā vīra bhavema paramāhave | tathā kuru raṇe yatnaṃ sādhayasva pitāmaham ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O hero, act so that in this supreme battle we do not become an object of ridicule. Therefore strive on the battlefield and bring down the Grandsire (Bhīṣma).”

Word by Word

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

• अवहास्याः: objects of ridicule
• अवहास्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवहास्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भवेम: we might become / may we be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Plural, Parasmaipada

• परमाहवे: in the great battle
• परमाहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमाहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus / in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कुरु: do / make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• साधयस्व: accomplish / bring about
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Kuru army (implied by 'we')