Shloka 16

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproof and Vow-Logic: On Dice-Deception, Exile Terms, and the Governance of Anger

Adhyāya 35

Devanagari script

प्रियमेव तु सर्वेषां यद्‌ ब्रवीम्युत किंचन । सर्वे हि व्यसन प्राप्ता: सर्वे युद्धाभिनन्दिन:,मैं जो कुछ कहता हूँ, वह सबको प्रिय है। हम सब लोग संकटमें पड़े हैं और सभी युद्धका अभिनन्दन करते हैं

Transliteration

priyam eva tu sarveṣāṁ yad bravīmy uta kiñcana | sarve hi vyasana-prāptāḥ sarve yuddhābhinandinaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīmasena said: “Whatever little I say is meant to be agreeable to everyone. For we are all overtaken by calamity, and all of us welcome the prospect of battle.”

Word by Word

priyampleasing, dear (thing)

evaindeed, only

tubut, however

sarveṣāmof all (people)

yatwhat, that which

bravīmiI say, I speak

utaand also / moreover

kiñcanaanything (at all), something

sarveall (of us/they)

hiindeed, for

vyasanamcalamity, distress

prāptāḥhaving reached / having fallen into

sarveall (of us/they)

yuddha-abhinandinaḥapprovers/endorsers of war

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes