Shloka 24

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

आनीय मधुपर्क मां यत्‌ पुरा त्वमवोचथा: । एष भ्राता सखा चैव तव कृष्ण धनंजय:

Transliteration

ānīya madhuparkaṃ māṃ yat purā tvam avocathāḥ | eṣa bhrātā sakhā caiva tava kṛṣṇa dhanaṃjayaḥ ||

Translation

“Bring me the madhuparka, as you once promised. Here is your brother and also your friend—Kṛṣṇa, O Dhanañjaya.” In this address, Vāyu invokes an earlier pledge and points to Kṛṣṇa’s intimate bond with Arjuna, underscoring the ethical weight of keeping one’s word and honoring relationships even amid the pressures of war.

Word by Word

• आनीय: having brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• मधुपर्कम्: honey-mixture (madhuparka, a ceremonial offering)
• मधुपर्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अवोचथाः: you said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Second, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सखा: friend
• सखा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)
• Kṛṣṇa
• madhuparka