Shloka 2

Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच क्रुद्धो5पि पुरुषव्याप्र भीम मा सम स्त्रियं वधी: । शरीरगुप्त्यभ्यधिकं धर्म गोपाय पाण्डव,यह सुनकर युधिष्ठिरने कहा--पुरुषसिंह भीम! यद्यपि तुम क्रोधसे भरे हुए हो, तो भी स्त्रीका वध न करो। पाण्डुनन्दन! शरीरकी रक्षाकी अपेक्षा भी अधिक तत्परतासे धर्मकी रक्षा करो

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca

kruddho 'pi puruṣavyāghra bhīma mā sma striyaṃ vadhīḥ |

śarīragupty-abhya-dhikaṃ dharmaṃ gopāya pāṇḍava ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O tiger among men, Bhīma! Even if you are inflamed with anger, do not kill a woman. O son of Pāṇḍu, guard dharma with even greater vigilance than you guard your own body.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भीम: O Bhīma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• सम्: together/wholly (prefix-like particle here)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• स्त्रियम्: a woman
• स्त्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वधीः: kill (you should not kill)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/imperative sense with मा), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरीरगुप्त्याः: than protection of the body
• शरीरगुप्त्याः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरगुप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• अभ्यधिकम्: more important/superior
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यधिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गोपाय: protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुप्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīma
• Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)
• strī (a woman)