Shloka 9

Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting

Devanagari script

सो<वाप्य वैरस्य परस्य पारं वृकोदर: प्राह शनै: प्रहस्य । युधिष्ठटिरं केशवसृज्जयांश्व धनंजयं माद्रवतीसुतीौ च,इस प्रकार भारी वैरसे पार होकर भीमसेन धीरे-धीरे हँसते हुए युधिष्ठिर, श्रीकृष्ण, सूंजयगण, अर्जुन तथा माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेवसे बोले--

Transliteration

so 'vāpy vairasya parasya pāraṃ vṛkodaraḥ prāha śanaiḥ prahasya | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ keśava-sṛñjayāṃś ca dhanañjayaṃ mādravatī-sutau ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Even after crossing to the far shore of that fierce enmity, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) spoke—slowly, with a faint smile—to Yudhiṣṭhira, to Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), to the Sṛñjayas, to Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), and to the twin sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva).

Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वैरस्य: of enmity
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परस्य: of the other/opponent's
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पारम्: the far shore/end
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राह: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शनैः: slowly/softly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः

• प्रहस्य: having laughed/smiling
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+हस्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• केशवम्: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सृञ्जयान्: the Sṛñjayas
• सृञ्जयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धनञ्जयम्: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनञ्जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माद्रवतीसुतौ: the two sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• माद्रवतीसुतौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रवती-सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sṛñjayas
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Mādrī
• Nakula
• Sahadeva