Shloka 16

Devanagari script

न चाभिनन्दामि तवाधिराज्यं यतस्त्वमक्षेष्वहिताय सक्त: । स्वयं कृत्वा पापमनार्यजुष्ट - मस्माभिर्वा तर्तुमिच्छस्यरींस्त्वम्‌,मैं तेरे राज्यका अभिनन्दन नहीं करता; क्योंकि तू अपना ही अहित करनेके लिये जूएमें आसक्त है। स्वयं नीच पुरुषोंद्वारा सेवित पापकर्म करके अब तू हमलोगोंके द्वारा शत्रुसेनारूपी समुद्रको पार करना चाहता है

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | na cābhinandāmi tavādhirājyaṃ yatastvam akṣeṣv ahitāya saktaḥ | svayaṃ kṛtvā pāpam anāryajuṣṭam asmābhir vā tartum icchasy arīṃs tvam ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “I do not applaud your overlordship, for you are addicted to dice to your own ruin. Having yourself committed a sinful deed, one embraced by the ignoble, you now wish to have us ferry you across the ocean-like host of enemies.”

Word by Word

नnot

चand

अभिनन्दामिI praise / I approve

तवof you / your

अधिराज्यम्sovereignty / kingship

यतःbecause / since

त्वम्you

अक्षेषुin dice / at gambling

अहितायfor harm / for your ruin

सक्तःattached, addicted

स्वयम्oneself

कृत्वाhaving done

पापम्sin, evil deed

अनार्यजुष्टम्practised/approved by ignoble men

अस्माभिःby us

वाor

तर्तुम्to cross, to pass over

इच्छसिyou wish, you desire

अरीन्enemies

त्वम्you

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

the addressee (a king/overlord addressed as adhirāja)

dice (akṣa)

enemies (arī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes