Shloka 69

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

Devanagari script

क्व युद्ध क्व च भोक्तव्यं युध्यस्व पुरुषो भव । 'भारत! तुम निरे भोजनभट्ट हो। अत: अधिक खाने-पीनेमें पुरस्कार पानेके योग्य हो। किंतु कहाँ युद्ध और कहाँ भोजन? शक्ति हो तो युद्ध करो और मर्द बनो || ६८ ई || शयिष्यसे हतो भूमौ गदामालिड्ग्य भारत

Transliteration

kva yuddha kva ca bhoktavyaṃ yudhyasva puruṣo bhava | śayiṣyase hato bhūmau gadām āliṅgya bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Qu’a donc la bataille à voir avec les festins ? Si tu as de la force, combats — sois un homme. Sinon, ô Bhārata, tu gisiras mort sur la terre, serrant encore ta massue.»

Word by Word

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व
• Form: interrogative adverb

• युद्धम्: battle, fighting
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व
• Form: interrogative adverb

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• भोक्तव्यम्: to be eaten; (act of) eating to be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: gerundive (future passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• युध्यस्व: fight!
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: imperative, 2nd person, singular, Ātmanepada

• पुरुषः: a man
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भव: be!
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperative, 2nd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• शयिष्यसे: you will lie (down)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी
• Form: simple future, 2nd person, singular, Ātmanepada

• हतः: slain, killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• आलिङ्ग्य: having embraced/clasped
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लिङ्ग्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (a Kuru prince addressed)
• gadā (mace)
• bhūmi (earth/ground)