Shloka 15

Adharmic Victory as Unstable; Rules of Restraint, Mediation, and Conciliation (अधर्मविजय-अध्रुवत्व तथा क्षमा-नयः)

Devanagari script

नामित्रो विनिकर्तव्यो नातिच्छेद्य:ः कथठ्चन । जीवित हाृप्यतिच्छिन्न: संत्यजेच्च कदाचन,शत्रुके साथ छल नहीं करना चाहिये। उसे किसी प्रकार भी अत्यन्त उच्छिन्न करना उचित नहीं है। अत्यन्त क्षत-विक्षत कर देनेपर वह कभी अपने जीवनका त्याग भी कर सकता है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | nāmitro vinikartavyo nāticchedyaḥ kathaṃcana | jīvitaṃ hṛpyaticchinnaḥ saṃtyajec ca kadācana ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “One should not deceive an enemy, nor should he be excessively cut down in any way. If a man is robbed of his very means of living and grievously wounded, he may, in despair, even abandon his life.”

Word by Word

नnot

अमित्रःenemy

विनिकर्तव्यःto be cut down / to be mutilated

नnor / not

अतिच्छेद्यःto be excessively cut / to be cut to pieces

कथंचनin any way / at all

जीवितम्life

हृतःtaken away / deprived

अतिच्छिन्नःexcessively cut / grievously wounded

सःhe

त्यजेत्might abandon / should give up

चand

कदाचनever / at any time

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

enemy (amitra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes