Shloka 253

Devanagari script

त्वयि वैक्लव्यमापन्ने संशयो विजये भवेत्‌ । “राजन! उठिये और युद्ध कीजिये। इस महासंग्रामका गुरुतर भार सँभालिये। प्रभो! आपके घबरा जानेपर विजय मिलनेमें संदेह है”

Transliteration

tvayi vaiklavyam āpanne saṁśayo vijaye bhavet | rājann uṭhiye yuddhaṁ kṛṇu, asya mahāsaṅgrāmasya gurutara-bhāraṁ saṁbhālayasva | prabho, tava ghabarāyane vijaya-lābhe saṁdehaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya says: “If you fall into faint-heartedness, O King, victory itself becomes doubtful. Rise and fight; take up the heavy burden of this great war. For if you lose courage, my lord, there can be no certainty of triumph.”

Word by Word

• त्वयि: in you / when you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Saptami, Eka

• वैक्लव्यम्: faint-heartedness, cowardice
• वैक्लव्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैक्लव्य
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathama, Eka

• आपन्ने: having occurred / having befallen
• आपन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपन्न (आ + √पद्)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptami, Eka

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• विजये: in victory / regarding victory
• विजये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Pum, Saptami, Eka

• भवेत्: would be / might arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Vidhi-lin (Optative), Prathama, Eka

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Eka

• उठिये: rise up
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (उत् + √स्था)
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Madhyama, Eka

• और: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: और

• युद्ध: battle, war
• युद्ध: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitiya, Eka

• कीजिये: do / perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Madhyama, Eka

• इस: in this
• इस: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: —, Saptami, Eka

• महासंग्रामका: of the great battle
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासंग्राम
• Form: Pum, Shashthi, Eka

• गुरुतर: heavier, more weighty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरुतर (गुरु-तर)
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• भार: burden
• भार: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• सम्भालिये: bear, take up, manage
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (सम् + √भृ)
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Madhyama, Eka

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Eka

• आपके: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Shashthi, Eka

• घबरा: being frightened (Hindi element)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भ्रम्/√त्रस् (Hindi usage)
• Form: Absolutive/Participle (Hindi construction)

• जानेपर: upon happening/when (Hindi element)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √गम् (Hindi postposition)

• विजय: victory
• विजय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• मिलनेमें: in obtaining (Hindi element)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √मिल् (Hindi)

• संदेह: doubt
• संदेह: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• है: is (Hindi element)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (Hindi)
• Form: Present (Hindi), Prathama, Eka

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')