Shloka 16

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 126 — Kṛṣṇa’s Indictment of Misrule and the Varuṇa Analogy (कृष्णवाक्यं–धर्मपाशदृष्टान्तः)

Devanagari script

मुख्यश्वैवैष नो धर्म: क्षत्रियाणां जनार्दन । यच्छयीमहि संग्रामे शरतल्पगता वयम्‌,“'जनार्दन! हम क्षत्रियोंका यही प्रधान धर्म है कि संग्राममें हमें बाण-शय्यापर सोनेका अवसर प्राप्त हो

Transliteration

mukhyam eva eṣa no dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ janārdana | yac chayīmahi saṅgrāme śaratālpagatā vayam ||

Translation

Wahai Janārdana! Inilah dharma yang paling utama bagi kami para kṣatriya: bahwa di medan perang kami berbaring di atas ranjang anak panah.

Word by Word

• मुख्यः: principal, foremost
• मुख्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मः: duty, dharma
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of kshatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• जनार्दन: O Janardana (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• शयीमहि: we lie down, we sleep
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शे)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, First, Plural

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शरतल्पगता: gone to a bed of arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरतल्पगत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kṣatriyas
• saṅgrāma (battle)
• śaratālpa (bed of arrows)