Shloka 373

Devanagari script

आचार्य उक्तो भवता हत: कुज्जर इत्युत । परंतु आपने सत्यका चोला पहनकर आचार्यसे झूठे ही कह दिया कि “अश्व॒त्थामा मारा गया।” उसी नामका हाथी मारा गया था, इसलिये आपने उसकी आड़ लेकर झूठ कहा

Transliteration

ācārya ukto bhavatā hataḥ kuñjara ity uta | parantu āpane satyakā colā pahanakara ācāryase jhūṭhe hī kaha diyā ki “aśvatthāmā mārā gayā” | usī nām kā hāthī mārā gayā thā, isaliye āpane uskī āṛ lekar jhūṭ kahā |

Translation

Arjuna said: “You told the Teacher, ‘The elephant has been slain,’ and yet, wearing the guise of truth, you effectively lied to him by declaring, ‘Aśvatthāmā has been killed.’ It was only an elephant bearing that name that had died; using that ambiguity as a cover, you spoke falsehood.”

Word by Word

आचार्यःthe teacher (Drona)

उक्तःwas told / having been told

भवताby you

हतःkilled

कुञ्जरःan elephant

इतिthus (quotative marker)

उतand / also (emphatic particle)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Droṇa (ācārya)

Aśvatthāmā

elephant (kuñjara)

Sandhi Notes