Shloka 31

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

को हि बन्धु: कुलीन: संस्तथा ब्रूयात्‌ सुहृज्जने । यथासाववददू वाक्यं युयुत्सु: कृष्णसंनिधौ,संधिके लिये गये हुए श्रीकृष्णके समीप युद्धकी इच्छावाले दुर्योधनने जैसी बात कही थी, वैसी कौन भाई-बन्धु कुलीन होकर भी अपने सुहृदोंके लिये कह सकता है?

Transliteration

ko hi bandhuḥ kulīnaḥ saṃstathā brūyāt suhṛjjane | yathāsāv avadad vākyam yuyutsuḥ kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “What brother or kinsman, even if well-born, could ever speak such words to his own dear friends? For Yuyutsu, in Kṛṣṇa’s very presence, spoke in the same manner—words driven by the desire for war.”

Word by Word

कःwho?

हिindeed/for

बन्धुःkinsman/relative

कुलीनःnoble-born

सन्being

तथाthus/so

ब्रूयात्would say/should say

सुहृत्-जनेamong/with friends (well-wishers)

यथाas/how

असौthat man/he

अवदत्said/spoke

वाक्यम्speech/statement

युयुत्सुःone desiring to fight (Yuyutsu)

कृष्ण-सन्निधौin Krishna's presence/near Krishna

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Yuyutsu

Kṛṣṇa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes