Shloka 34

Devanagari script

उपचीर्णों गुरुमिथ्या भवता राज्यकारणात्‌

Transliteration

upacīrṇoṁ gurumithyā bhavatā rājyakāraṇāt

Translation

Arjuna said: “For the sake of kingship, you have falsely accused and wronged your own teacher—an act that violates the reverence owed to one’s guru and stains the pursuit of power with deceit.”

Word by Word

• उपचीर्णः: having served/attended (upon)
• उपचीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-चर् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुम्: the teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मिथ्या: falsely, wrongly
• मिथ्या: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राज्यकारणात्: because of the cause of kingship/for the sake of the kingdom
• राज्यकारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य-कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• guru (teacher/preceptor)