Shloka 16

Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting

Devanagari script

मा शिरोअस्य पदा मार्दीर्मा धर्मस्तेडतिगो भवेत्‌ | राजा ज्ञातिहतश्नायं नैतन्नन्‍्याय्यं तवानघ,“तुम इसके मस्तकको पैरसे न ठुकराओ। तुम्हारे द्वारा धर्मका उल्लंघन नहीं होना चाहिये। अनघ! दुर्योधन राजा और हमारा भाई-बन्धु है; यह मार डाला गया, अब तुम्हें इसके साथ ऐसा बर्ताव करना उचित नहीं है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

mā śiro 'sya padā mārdīr mā dharmas te 'tigō bhavet |

rājā jñātihataś cāyaṃ naitann anyāyyaṃ tavānagha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Do not strike or kick his head with your foot; let no breach of dharma be committed by you. This man is a king, and also our slain kinsman. Now that he has been killed, such treatment is not proper for you, O blameless one.”

Word by Word

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

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/this (man)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पदा: with the foot
• पदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मार्दीः: kick/trample
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृद्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• धर्मः: dharma/righteous conduct
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अतिगः: transgressing/overstepping
• अतिगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: should be/may become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञाति-हतः: slain by kinsmen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञाति-हत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्नायम्: our kinsman/brother (intended sense)
• श्नायम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्नाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अन्याय्यम्: unjust/ improper
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्याय्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you/for you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O blameless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana (implied as the slain king and kinsman)
• head
• foot
• dharma
• king