Shloka 1
द्रौपदी-कृष्णसंवादः
Draupadī–Kṛṣṇa Dialogue on Settlement and Daṇḍa
Devanagari script
पम्प बछ। अर: एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय: युद्धके लिये सहदेव तथा सात्यकिकी सम्मति और समस्त योद्धाओंका समर्थन सहदेव उवाच यदेतत् कथित राज्ञा धर्म एब सनातन: । यथा च युद्धमेव स्यात् तथा कार्यमरिंदम,सहदेव बोले--शत्रुदमन श्रीकृष्ण! महाराज युधिष्ठिरने यहाँ जो कुछ कहा है, यह सनातनधर्म है; परंतु मेरा कथन यह है कि आपको ऐसा प्रयत्न करना चाहिये, जिससे युद्ध होकर ही रहे
Transliteration
Sahadeva uvāca: yad etat kathitaṁ rājñā dharma eva sanātanaḥ | yathā ca yuddham eva syāt tathā kāryam ariṁdama ||
Translation
Sahadeva said: “What the king has stated here is indeed the eternal law of dharma. Yet my counsel is this, O subduer of foes: act in such a way that the outcome is war itself.”
Word by Word
सहदेवःSahadeva
सहदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसहदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कथितम्said/told
कथितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकथित
FormPast Passive Participle, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
राज्ञाby the king
राज्ञा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
धर्मःdharma, righteous duty
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सनातनःeternal
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas/in such a way that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
युद्धम्war
युद्धम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
स्यात्may be/should be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative, Third, Singular
तथाso/in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कार्यम्to be done; necessary
कार्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अरिंदमO foe-subduer (epithet)
अरिंदम:
TypeNoun
Rootअरिंदम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
सहदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SahadevaT
the king (rājā—contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)A
Ariṁdama (epithet; contextually Śrī Kṛṣṇa)Sandhi Notes