Shloka 23

Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

सेनापतिस्त्वहं राजन्‌ समये नापरेण ते । भविष्यामि यथाकामं तन्मे श्रोतुमिहाहसि,राजन! मैं अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार एक शर्तपर तुम्हारा सेनापति होऊँगा। उसके बदले दूसरी शर्त नहीं मानूँगा। उस शर्तको तुम मुझसे यहाँ सुन लो

Transliteration

senāpatis tv ahaṃ rājan samaye nāpareṇa te | bhaviṣyāmi yathākāmaṃ tan me śrotum ihārhasi ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O King, I will serve as your commander-in-chief at the appointed time, and not under any other condition. I shall do so according to my own choice; therefore you ought to hear from me, here and now, what that condition is.”

Word by Word

सेनापतिःcommander of the army

तुbut/indeed

अहम्I

राजन्O king

समयेat the time / on the occasion

नnot

अपरेणby another (person/means)

तेto you

भविष्यामिI shall be / I will become

यथाas / according to

कामम्desire; wish

तत्that (condition/thing)

मेto me / for me

श्रोतुम्to hear

इहhere

अर्हसिyou ought / you should

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

the King (rājan)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes