Shloka 24

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)

Devanagari script

प्रायोपविष्टं जानीध्वमथ मां गुरुघातिनम्‌

Transliteration

prāyopaviṣṭaṃ jānīdhvam atha māṃ gurughātinam

Translation

Know that I have resolved upon fasting unto death—and know me also as one who has slain his own elders and teachers.

Word by Word

• प्रायोपविष्टम्: one who has sat down for fasting unto death
• प्रायोपविष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रायोपविष्ट (प्राय + उपविष्ट)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जानीध्वम्: know (you all), understand
• जानीध्वम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then/now/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• गुरुघातिनम्: slayer of (one's) teacher/elder
• गुरुघातिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुघातिन् (गुरु + घातिन्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira