Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीद्‌ वासुदेव: किमिदं पाण्डुनन्दन । वार्यमाणो5पि कौन्तेय यद्‌ युद्धान्न निवर्तसे

Transliteration

tam abravīd vāsudevaḥ kim idaṃ pāṇḍunandana | vāryamāṇo 'pi kaunteya yad yuddhān na nivartase ||

Translation

तब वासुदेव ने उससे कहा—“यह क्या कर रहे हो, पाण्डुनन्दन? हे कुन्तीनन्दन! रोके जाने पर भी तुम युद्ध से क्यों नहीं लौटते?”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वार्यमाणः: being restrained/being dissuaded
• Type: Participle
• Root: वार्यमाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive, Present

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

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: that which / because (of which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धात्: from the battle
• युद्धात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• निवर्तसे: you turn back/withdraw
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवृत्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava)
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• yuddha (battle)