Shloka 21

अध्याय १२२ — कृष्णस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Ethical Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ त्वमपि गान्धारे मान क्रोधं च वर्जय । संधत्स्व पाण्डवैर्वीर संरम्भं त्यज पार्थिव

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam api gāndhāre māna-krodhaṃ ca varjaya | sandhatsva pāṇḍavair vīra saṃrambhaṃ tyaja pārthiva ||

Translation

Ainsi donc, ô Gāndhārī, renonce toi aussi à l’orgueil et à la colère. Ô roi héroïque, fais la paix avec les Pāṇḍava ; abandonne l’élan téméraire et violent.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• गान्धारे: O Gandhāra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• गान्धारे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मानम्: pride
• मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वर्जय: avoid/abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संधत्स्व: make peace/enter into alliance
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + धा
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संरम्भम्: impetuosity/hostile agitation
• संरम्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्यज: give up/abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gandhārī
• Pāṇḍavas
• king (pārthiva)