Shloka 46

Devanagari script

योग्यो राजा भीमसेनो महात्मा क्लीबस्य वा मम किं राज्यकृत्यम्‌ । न चापि शक्त: परुषाणि सोढूुं पुनस्तवेमानि रुषान्वितस्य,“महामनस्वी भीमसेन सुयोग्य राजा होंगे। मुझ कायरको राज्य लेनेसे क्या काम है? अब पुनः मुझमें तुम्हारे रोषपूर्वक कहे हुए इन कठोर वचनोंको सहनेकी शक्ति नहीं है

Transliteration

yogyo rājā bhīmaseno mahātmā klībasya vā mama kiṁ rājyakṛtyam | na cāpi śaktaḥ paruṣāṇi soḍhuṁ punas tavemāni ruṣānvitasyāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The great-souled Bhīmasena is fit to be king. What business have I—a coward—with taking up the burden of sovereignty? Nor am I able to endure these harsh words of yours again, spoken in anger.”

Word by Word

• {'yogyaḥ': 'fit, worthy, competent', 'rājā': 'king, ruler', 'bhīmasenaḥ': 'Bhīma (son of Vāyu), the Pāṇḍava hero', 'mahātmā': 'great-souled, noble-minded', 'klība': 'coward

• one lacking manly courage (term of self-deprecation here)', 'mama': 'of me, for me', 'kim': 'what?

• what use?', 'rājyakṛtyam': 'the duty/business of kingship

• affairs of the kingdom', 'na ca api': 'and not even

• nor indeed', 'śaktaḥ': 'able, capable', 'paruṣāṇi': 'harsh, rough, severe (words)', 'soḍhum': 'to bear, endure', 'punaḥ': 'again', 'tava': 'your', 'imāni': 'these', 'ruṣānvitasyāḥ': 'accompanied by anger

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)