Shloka 10

Ulūpī’s Disclosure and the Saṃjīvana-Maṇi: Arjuna’s Restoration (उलूपी-प्रकटनं संजीवनमणि-स्थापनं च)

Devanagari script

तस्य शान्तिमकृत्वा त्वं त्यजेथा यदि जीवितम्‌

Transliteration

tasya śāntim akṛtvā tvaṁ tyajethā yadi jīvitam

Translation

Arjuna said: “If, without first bringing him peace and reconciliation, you were to give up your life, it would be a grave moral failure—one must not abandon life while leaving another’s turmoil unresolved.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शान्तिम्: peace, pacification
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अकृत्वा: having not done/made
• अकृत्वा: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा, Parasmaipada (usage as absolutive), Non-finite (absolutive)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• त्यजेथाः: you should abandon/give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Optative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should not choose self-abandonment or withdrawal while neglecting the duty to restore peace; dharma prioritizes resolving conflict and calming the afflicted before taking drastic personal steps.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses someone directly, warning that giving up life without first securing that person’s peace (śānti) would be improper; the line functions as an ethical admonition within the Ashvamedha-related events.