Shloka 6

धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः

Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation

Devanagari script

युद्धधर्मेषु सर्वेषु क्रियाणां नैपुणेषु च न त्वया सदृश: वक्षित्‌ त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते

Transliteration

yuddhadharmeṣu sarveṣu kriyāṇāṃ naipuṇeṣu ca na tvayā sadṛśaḥ vaktā triṣu lokeṣu vidyate

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “In every aspect of the duties of war, and in the skillful execution of all practical acts, there is no speaker equal to you to be found in the three worlds.”

Word by Word

• युद्धधर्मेषु: in the duties of war
• युद्धधर्मेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• क्रियाणाम्: of actions
• क्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• नैपुणेषु: in skills / in proficiency
• नैपुणेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैपुण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

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

• त्वया: by you / with you (as standard of comparison)
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सदृशः: equal / similar
• सदृशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्षित्: a speaker / one who can speak (eloquently)
• वक्षित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्षितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्+य)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• three worlds (tri-loka)