Shloka 86

Devanagari script

अवधेन वध: प्रोक्तो यद्‌ गुरुस्त्वमिति प्रभु: । तद्‌ ब्रूहि त्वं यन्मयोक्तं धर्मराजस्य धर्मवित्‌,उस श्रुतिका भाव यह है--“गुरुको तू कह देना उसे बिना मारे ही मार डालना है।” तुम धर्मज्ञ हो तो भी जैसा मैंने बताया है, उसके अनुसार धर्मराजके लिये “तू” शब्दका प्रयोग करो

Translation

Vāyu said: “The purport of that śruti is this: ‘To address one’s teacher as “tvam” is to slay him without slaying.’ Therefore, though you know dharma, do as I have said—use the word ‘tvam’ toward Dharmarāja.”

Word by Word

अवधेनby (means of) non-killing / without killing

वधःkilling, slaying

प्रोक्तःsaid, declared

यत्that which

गुरुःteacher, elder

त्वम्you

इतिthus (quotative)

प्रभुःthe lord/master

तत्that (thing)

ब्रूहिtell, say

त्वम्you

यत्what, that which

मयाby me

उक्तम्said, spoken

धर्मराजस्यof Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes