Shloka 23

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठटिरस्य वचन मा युध्यस्वेति सर्वदा

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhirasya vacanaṃ mā yudhyasveti sarvadā

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “(I recall) Yudhiṣṭhira’s counsel—‘Do not fight’—repeated again and again.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरस्य: of Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचनम्: speech; word; command
• वचनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मा: do not (prohibitive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• युध्यस्व: fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), Ātmanepada, Second, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Yudhiṣṭhira