Shloka 33

Jarāsandha–Bhīma Niyuddha-prastāvaḥ

Commencement of the Regulated Duel

Devanagari script

तेषां मध्ये महाबुद्धि: कृष्णो वचनमत्रवीत्‌ । वक्तुं नायाति राजेन्द्र एतयोर्नियमस्थयो:

Transliteration

teṣāṃ madhye mahābuddhiḥ kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt | vaktuṃ nāyāti rājendra etayor niyamasthayoḥ ||

Translation

In the midst of them, Krishna, the great-minded one, spoke: “O best of kings, speech does not come forth from these two, for they stand firmly established in their respective vows and discipline.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाबुद्धिः: great-minded, of great intellect
• महाबुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वक्तुम्: to speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आयाति: comes, is possible/occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings (O best of kings)
• राजेन्द्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतयोः: of these two
• एतयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• नियमस्थयोः: of the two who are fixed in a rule/observance
• नियमस्थयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियमस्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• कृष्ण (Kṛṣṇa)