Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स भवान्‌ धर्मभीरुत्वाद्‌ ध्रुवमैष्यन्महत्तम: । नरकं घोररूपं च भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य वै वधात्‌,“अतः तुम धर्मभीरु होनेके कारण अपने ज्येष्ठ भाईके वधसे निश्चय ही घोर नरकरूप महान्‌ अन्धकार (दुःख)-में डूब जाते

Transliteration

sa bhavān dharmabhīrutvād dhruvam aiṣyan mahattamaḥ | narakaṃ ghorarūpaṃ ca bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya vai vadhāt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O best of men, because you are fearful of violating dharma, by slaying your eldest brother you would surely fall into a dreadful hell—into a great darkness of suffering.”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मभीरुत्वात्: from/owing to fear of dharma (righteousness)
• धर्मभीरुत्वात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मभीरुत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव

• एष्यन्: going, about to go
• एष्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (गमन)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महत्तमः: very great / greatest
• महत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोररूपम्: of dreadful form
• घोररूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोररूप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भ्रातुः: of (your) brother
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ज्येष्ठस्य: of the eldest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वधात्: from/for (the act of) killing
• वधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• eldest brother (jyeṣṭha-bhrātṛ)