Shloka 20

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve

Devanagari script

अपि दुर्योधन कृष्ण सर्वे वयमधश्च्रा: । नीचैर्भूत्वानुयास्यथामो मा सम नो भरतानशन्‌,भगवन्‌! हम सब लोग नीचे पैदल चलकर अत्यन्त नम्र होकर दुर्योधनका अनुसरण करते रहेंगे; परंतु हमारे कारणसे भरतवंशियोंका नाश न हो

Transliteration

api duryodhana kṛṣṇa sarve vayam adhaś carāḥ | nīcair bhūtvānuyāsyathāmo mā sma no bharatānāśan ||

Translation

Bhīma said: “O Krishna, even if it comes to this—that all of us must walk below, on foot, humbled and submissive, following after Duryodhana—so be it. Only let it not be that, because of us, the Bharatas are brought to ruin.”

Word by Word

• अपि: even/also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• अधः: below/down
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः

• चराः: walkers/going on foot
• चराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नीचैः: humbly/lowly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नीचैः

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• अनु: after/following
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• यास्यथ: you (pl.) will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 2, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अमो: we
• अमो: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle

• सम्: completely/together (prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्
• Form: preverb (upasarga)

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• भरतानशन्: destruction of the Bharatas (Bharata-line)
• भरतानशन्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतानश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhima
• Krishna
• Duryodhana
• Bharatas (Kuru-Bharata lineage)