Shloka 37

Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris

Udyoga-parva 94

Devanagari script

हार्द यत्‌ पाण्डवेष्वासीत्‌ प्राप्तेडस्मिन्नायुष: क्षये । तदेव ते भवत्वद्य संधत्स्व भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ अब आपकी आयु भी क्षीण हो चली है; इस बुढ़ापेमें आपका पाण्डवोंके ऊपर वैसा ही स्नेह बना रहे, जैसा पहले था; अत: संधि कर लीजिये

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: hārdaṃ yat pāṇḍaveṣv āsīt prāpte ’sminnāyuṣaḥ kṣaye | tad eva te bhavatv adya sandhatsva bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dijo: «Oh toro entre los Bhāratas, ahora que el fin de tu vida se acerca, que el mismo afecto sincero que antes sentías por los Pāṇḍavas permanezca en ti también hoy. Por ello, haz la paz: alcanza un acuerdo».

Word by Word

• हार्दम्: affection, heartfelt feeling
• हार्दम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्द
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवेषु: among/towards the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Locative-absolute (Neuter implied: काले), Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आयुषः: of life
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• क्षये: at the end/decline
• क्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भवतु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• संधत्स्व: make/arrange (a peace), reconcile
• Type: Verb
• Root: संधा (सम्+धा)
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bharata (lineage)