Shloka 13

Duryodhana-vadha-pratikriyā: Harṣa, Nindā, and Kṛṣṇa’s Nīti-vyākhyā (Śalya-parva 60)

Devanagari script

उवाच चैन संरब्धं शमयन्निव केशव: । आत्मवद्धिमित्रवृद्धिर्मित्रमित्रोदपस्तथा

Transliteration

uvāca cainaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ śamayann iva keśavaḥ | ātmavaddhi mitravṛddhir mitramitrodapās tathā

Translation

Sañjaya said: Keśava spoke to him, who was inflamed with anger, as though to calm him. He urged him to regard others as himself, to increase friendship, and to treat friend and foe alike with impartiality and restraint.

Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• संरब्धम्: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• शमयन्: pacifying, calming
• शमयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त/परस्मैपदी), masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आत्मवत्: as oneself; like oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत्मवत्

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मित्रवृद्धिः: increase/prosperity of friends
• मित्रवृद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रवृद्धि
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• मित्रमित्रोदपः: one who gives water to friend and foe alike (impartial benefactor)
• मित्रमित्रोदपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रमित्रोदप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)