Shloka 20

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

हते भीष्मे तु संदध्याच्छिवं स्थादिह माधव । न च तत्‌ कृतवान्‌ मूढो धार्तराष्ट्र: सुबालिश:,“माधव! यदि भीष्मके मारे जानेपर दुर्योधन सन्धि कर लेता तो यहाँ सबका कल्याण होता; परंतु उस अज्ञानी मूर्खने वैसा नहीं किया

Transliteration

hate bhīṣme tu sandadhyāc chivaṃ syād iha mādhava | na ca tat kṛtavān mūḍho dhārtarāṣṭraḥ subāliśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Mādhava, had Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son made peace after Bhīṣma was slain, it would have brought welfare here. But that deluded, utterly foolish man did not do so.”

Word by Word

• हते: when (he was) slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मे: in/when Bhishma
• भीष्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संदध्यात्: should make/should arrange (a truce)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिवम्: welfare/auspicious good
• शिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इह: here/in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• माधव: O Madhava (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that (act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतवान्: did/has done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृतवत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मूढः: deluded/foolish
• मूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रः: the son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana)
• धार्तराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सु-बालिशः: very childish/utterly foolish
• सु-बालिशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुबालिश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)