Shloka 91

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

तस्य त्वं पदवीं गच्छ गच्छेयुस्त्वाद्शा यथा

Transliteration

tasya tvaṃ padavīṃ gaccha gaccheyus tvādṛśā yathā

Translation

You should follow in his path—walk the course he has set—so that men of your kind may proceed as they ought.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• पदवीं: path/track/way
• पदवीं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छेयुः: they should/would go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• त्वादृशाः: those like you
• त्वादृशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वादृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That a person of stature should follow the established righteous path, because their conduct becomes a model; ethical leadership is measured by setting a standard others can safely follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses someone with an exhortation: to proceed along the path of a particular exemplar, emphasizing that such alignment will enable others of similar standing to act properly as well.