Shloka 16

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)

Devanagari script

वाचं स वदतां श्रेष्ठो ह्वादिनीं वचनक्षमाम्‌ | त्रासिनीं धार्तराष्ट्राणां मृदुपूर्वां सुदारुणाम्‌

Transliteration

vācaṃ sa vadatāṃ śreṣṭho hvādinīṃ vacanakṣamām | trāsinīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ mṛdupūrvāṃ sudāruṇām

Translation

Sañjaya said: He—foremost among speakers—uttered words that were pleasing and well-formed, yet terrifying to the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra: beginning gently, but ending with a severity that cut to the truth.

Word by Word

• वाचम्: speech, words
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वदताम्: of speakers, of those speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural, Shatru (present active participle), वदत्

• श्रेष्ठः: best, foremost
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ह्वादिनीम्: delighting, pleasing
• ह्वादिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ह्वादिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वचनक्षमाम्: capable in speech, eloquent
• वचनक्षमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वचनक्षमा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रासिनीम्: terrifying, causing fear
• त्रासिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रासिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons/party of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मृदुपूर्वाम्: having a gentle beginning (soft at first)
• मृदुपूर्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृदुपूर्वा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सुदारुणाम्: very harsh, exceedingly cruel
• सुदारुणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)