Shloka 44

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा छम्म त्विदं राजन क्षत्रधर्म समाश्रित: । कुरु कार्याणि सर्वाणि धर्मिष्ठोडसि नरर्षभ,“राजन! नरश्रेष्ठ! यदि तुम धर्मनिष्ठ हो तो यह छल-छठ्म छोड़कर क्षत्रियधर्मका आश्रय ले उसीके अनुसार सब कार्य करो

Transliteration

tyaktvā chadma tv idaṃ rājan kṣatradharma-samāśritaḥ | kuru kāryāṇi sarvāṇi dharmiṣṭho 'si nararṣabha ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «¡Oh rey, oh el mejor de los hombres! Abandona este engaño. Refúgiate en el dharma del kṣatriya, el código del guerrero, y entonces realiza todas tus acciones conforme a él, pues tú eres quien se mantiene firme en el dharma.»

Word by Word

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

• छलम्: deceit, trick
• छलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षत्रधर्मम्: the duty of a kshatriya
• क्षत्रधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समाश्रितः: having resorted to, having taken refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरु: do, perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्याणि: duties, tasks, things to be done
• कार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• धर्मिष्ठः: most righteous, devoted to dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present indicative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नरर्षभ: O bull among men, O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājan (the king addressed)
• naraṛṣabha (best of men, epithet of the addressee)