Shloka 4

Udyoga Parva 21 — Bhīṣma’s Conciliatory Counsel, Karṇa’s Rebuttal, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra Sends Sañjaya (भीष्म-कर्ण-विवादः; संजय-प्रेषणम्)

Devanagari script

भवता सत्यमुक्तं तु सर्वमेतन्न संशय: । अतितीक्षणं तु ते वाक्यं ब्राह्मण्यादिति मे मति:,“आपने जितनी बातें कही हैं, वे सब सत्य है; इसमें संशय नहीं है। परंतु आपकी बातें बड़ी तीखी हैं। यह तीक्ष्णता ब्राह्मण-स्वभावके कारण ही है, ऐसा मुझे प्रतीत होता है

Transliteration

bhavatā satyam uktaṃ tu sarvam etan na saṃśayaḥ | atitīkṣṇaṃ tu te vākyaṃ brāhmaṇyād iti me matiḥ ||

Translation

All that you have spoken is true—there is no doubt of it. Yet your words are exceedingly sharp. In my view, this very sharpness arises from your Brahmin nature.

Word by Word

भवताby you

सत्यम्truth

उक्तम्said/spoken

तुindeed/but

सर्वम्all

एतत्this

नnot/no

संशयःdoubt

अतितीक्ष्णम्excessively sharp/harsh

तुbut/indeed

तेyour/of you

वाक्यम्speech/statement

ब्राह्मण्यात्from brahmin-nature/brahminhood

इतिthus/that

मेmy/of me

मतिःopinion/view

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes