Shloka 12

भीष्मद्रोणयोर्दुर्योधनं प्रति शान्त्युपदेशः | Bhīṣma and Droṇa’s Counsel to Duryodhana for Pacification

Devanagari script

अनुतिष्ठ महाप्राज्ञ कृष्ण भीष्मौ यदूचतु: । (मा वचो लघुबुद्धीनां समास्थास्त्वं परंतप ।) माधवं बुद्धिमोहेन मावमंस्था: परंतप,“महामते! श्रीकृष्ण और भीष्मने जो कुछ कहा है, उसका पालन करो। परंतप! तुम तुच्छ बुद्धिवाले लोगोंकी बातपर आस्था मत रखो। शत्रुदमन! अपनी बुद्धिके मोहसे माधवका तिरस्कार न करो

Transliteration

anutisṭha mahāprajña kṛṣṇa bhīṣmau yad ūcatuḥ | mā vaco laghubuddhīnāṃ samāsthās tvaṃ paraṃtapa | mādhavaṃ buddhimohena māvamamsthāḥ paraṃtapa ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O greatly wise one, carry out what Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma have spoken. O scorcher of foes, do not place your trust in the words of shallow-minded people. O subduer of enemies, do not, through delusion of intellect, slight Mādhava.”

Word by Word

• {'anutisṭha': 'carry out

• implement', 'mahāprajña': 'one of great wisdom

• highly discerning person', 'kṛṣṇa': 'Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva), counselor and guide', 'bhīṣmau': 'Bhīṣma (dual form used with Kṛṣṇa here, ‘Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma’)', 'yad ūcatuḥ': 'what they said/spoke (dual, referring to the two speakers)', 'mā': 'do not (prohibitive particle)', 'vacaḥ': 'speech

• counsel', 'laghubuddhīnām': 'of petty/shallow intellects', 'samāsthāḥ': 'rely upon

• take as one’s support', 'paraṃtapa': 'scorcher of foes (epithet of a warrior-king)', 'mādhavam': 'Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)', 'buddhimohena': 'by delusion/confusion of understanding', 'avamamsthāḥ': 'disrespect

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• Bhīṣma
• Mādhava