Shloka 28

अर्जुनस्य रथाश्वमोचनं कृष्णस्याश्वसेवा च

Arjuna’s Horses Freed; Krishna’s Equine Service

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ युद्ध्यस्व मा भैस्त्वं स्वधर्ममनुपालय । पितृपैतामहं मार्गमनुयाहि महारथ,इसलिये तुम डरो मत। उत्साहपूर्वक युद्ध करो और अपने क्षत्रिय-धर्मका पालन करो। महारथी वीर! अपने बाप-दादोंके मार्गपर चलो

Transliteration

tasmād yuddhyasva mā bhais tvaṁ svadharmam anupālaya | pitṛpaitāmahaṁ mārgam anuyāhi mahāratha ||

Translation

Therefore, fight—do not be afraid. Uphold your own duty as a kṣatriya. O great chariot-warrior, follow the path trodden by your father and forefathers.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• युद्ध्यस्व: fight (you)
• युद्ध्यस्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• भैः: fear
• भैः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: Imperative (prohibitive with मा), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• स्वधर्मम्: one's own duty (class-duty)
• स्वधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुपालय: follow/maintain
• अनुपालय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + पाल्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितृपैतामहम्: of fathers and grandfathers/ancestral
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ + पैतामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मार्गम्: path
• मार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुयाहि: follow/go after
• अनुयाहि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + या
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महारथ: O great chariot-warrior
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• mahāratha (addressed warrior, unspecified by name in this verse)