Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच अरोषणो हि धर्मात्मा सततं धर्मवत्सल: । भवान्‌ प्रख्यायते लोके तस्मात्‌ संशाम्य मा क्रुध:

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca: aroṣaṇo hi dharmātmā satataṃ dharmavatsalaḥ | bhavān prakhyāyate loke tasmāt saṃśāmya mā krudhaḥ ||

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “A righteous man is indeed free from anger and ever devoted to dharma. You are renowned in the world for such conduct; therefore, compose yourself—do not give way to wrath.”

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• अरोषणः: not prone to anger, unwrathful
• अरोषणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरोषण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मात्मा: one whose nature is dharma; righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सततम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• धर्मवत्सलः: fond of dharma; devoted to righteousness
• धर्मवत्सलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मवत्सल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रख्यायते: is proclaimed/known (as), is renowned
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्यै
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada (Passive/Reflexive sense)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• संशाम्य: having calmed (yourself), restraining
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle

• क्रुधः: be angry
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa