Shloka 8

Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma

Engagement and Countermeasures

Devanagari script

यत्‌ तु कार्य भवेत्‌ कार्य कर्मणा तत्‌ समाचर । हीनचेष्टस्य यः: शोक: स हि शत्रुर्धनंजय,'जो कार्य करना हो, उसे प्रयत्नपूर्वक करो। धनंजय! उद्योगहीन मनुष्यका जो शोक है, वह उसके लिये शत्रुके समान है

Transliteration

yat tu kāryaṁ bhavet kāryaṁ karmaṇā tat samācara | hīnaceṣṭasya yaḥ śokaḥ sa hi śatrur dhanañjaya ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Whatever task ought to be done, do that deed with resolute effort. O Dhanañjaya, the grief that arises in a man who is slack in striving becomes, indeed, like an enemy to him—undermining his strength and purpose at the very time action is required.

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

तुbut/indeed

कार्यंa task; what is to be done

भवेत्may be/is to be

कार्यंthe task (to be done)

कर्मणाby action/effort

तत्that (same task)

समाचरperform; carry out

हीनचेष्टस्यof one whose effort is lacking (inactive)

यःwhich/that (who/that)

शोकःgrief

सःthat (it)

हिindeed/for

शत्रुःenemy

धनंजयO Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

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