Shloka 11

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Saṃvāda: Anuśocana, Nimittāni, and Vidura’s Warning

Devanagari script

कि नो विवदितेनेह किमुक्तेन च भारत | अद्यैवैतान्‌ निहन्मीह प्रशाधि पृथिवीमिमाम्‌

Transliteration

kiṁ no vivaditeneha kim uktena ca bhārata | adyaivaitān nihannmīha praśādhi pṛthivīm imām ||

Translation

હે ભરતવંશજ! અહીં વિવાદથી શું લાભ અને વધુ બોલવાથી શું પ્રયોજન? આજે જ હું એમને અહિં જ નिहત કરી દઉં; તમે મને આજ્ઞા આપો અને આ પૃથ્વીનું શાસન કરો।

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• विवदितेन: by/with disputation, by quarrelling
• विवदितेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवदित (वि + √वद्)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उक्तेन: by/with words; by what is said
• उक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (√वच्)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

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

• एतान्: these (men)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निहन्मि: I slay, I will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √हन्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• प्रशाधि: rule, govern, command
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √शास्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पृथिवीम्: the earth, kingdom
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhima
• Bharata (addressee)
• pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)
• etān (these men—opponents present in context)