Shloka 69

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

क्व युद्ध क्व च भोक्तव्यं युध्यस्व पुरुषो भव । 'भारत! तुम निरे भोजनभट्ट हो। अत: अधिक खाने-पीनेमें पुरस्कार पानेके योग्य हो। किंतु कहाँ युद्ध और कहाँ भोजन? शक्ति हो तो युद्ध करो और मर्द बनो || ६८ ई || शयिष्यसे हतो भूमौ गदामालिड्ग्य भारत

Transliteration

kva yuddha kva ca bhoktavyaṃ yudhyasva puruṣo bhava | śayiṣyase hato bhūmau gadām āliṅgya bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “What has battle to do with feasting? If you have strength, then fight—be a man. Otherwise, O Bhārata, you will lie slain upon the earth, still clutching your mace.”

Word by Word

क्वwhere?

युद्धम्battle, fighting

क्वwhere?

चand

भोक्तव्यम्to be eaten; (act of) eating to be done

युध्यस्वfight!

पुरुषःa man

भवbe!

शयिष्यसेyou will lie (down)

हतःslain, killed

भूमौon the ground

गदाम्mace

आलिङ्ग्यhaving embraced/clasped

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (a Kuru prince addressed)

gadā (mace)

bhūmi (earth/ground)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes