Shloka 11

धनंजय-दुर्योधन-संग्रामः

Arjuna–Duryodhana Engagement and Admonition

Devanagari script

धर्मपाशनिबद्धेन यत्‌ त्वया मर्षितं पुरा । तथैव बद्धमात्मानमबद्धमिव मन्यसे,यदि तूने पहले धर्मके बन्धनमें बँधकर कष्ट सहन किया है, तो आज भी तू उसी प्रकार बँधा हुआ है; तो भी तू अपने-आपको उस बन्धनसे मुक्त-सा मान रहा है

Transliteration

dharmapāśanibaddhena yat tvayā marṣitaṃ purā | tathaiva baddham ātmānam abaddham iva manyase ||

Translation

Karna said: “If earlier you endured suffering while bound by the noose of dharma, then even today you remain bound in the very same way. Yet you imagine yourself to be free—as though that bond did not exist.”

Word by Word

• धर्मपाशनिबद्धेन: by/with (one) bound by the noose of dharma
• धर्मपाशनिबद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मपाशनिबद्ध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्: that which / what
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• मर्षितम्: endured / borne
• मर्षितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly / earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• तथा: thus / in that same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• बद्धम्: bound
• बद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अबद्धम्: unbound / free
• अबद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अबद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मन्यसे: you think / consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna