Shloka 18

भीष्मकृतः पाण्डवपक्ष-महारथ-प्रशंसा

Bhishma’s appraisal of Pandava-aligned chariot-warriors

Devanagari script

यथेच्छकं स्वयं ब्रूया रथानतिरथांस्तथा । कामद्वेषसमायुक्तो मोहात्‌ प्रकुरुते भवान्‌

Transliteration

yathecchakaṁ svayaṁ brūyā rathān atirathāṁs tathā | kāmadveṣasamāyukto mohāt prakurute bhavān ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Hablas enteramente a tu antojo, incluso en asuntos de aurigas y de grandes guerreros de carro (mahārathas). Pero lo que haces ahora nace del extravío: te mueven el deseo y la aversión.»

Word by Word

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya (comparative/relative adverb)

• इच्छकम्: as one wishes; at will
• इच्छकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छक (इच्छा + क)
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular (used adverbially)

• स्वयम्: oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्
• Form: Avyaya

• ब्रूयात्: should speak
• ब्रूयात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Optative (vidhi-lin), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• अतिरथान्: great chariot-warriors
• अतिरथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिरथ
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya

• कामद्वेषसमायुक्तः: endowed with desire and hatred
• कामद्वेषसमायुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-द्वेष-समायुक्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• मोहात्: from delusion; due to delusion
• मोहात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, ablative, singular

• प्रकुरुते: acts; behaves
• प्रकुरुते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ
• Form: Present tense (lat), 3rd person, singular, atmanepada

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (honorific 2nd person reference)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ratha
• atiratha