Shloka 22

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

त॑ विदित्वा गतक्रोधं भीमसेनवधार्दितम्‌ । वासुदेवो वर: पुंसामिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

taṁ viditvā gatakrodhaṁ bhīmasenavadhārditam | vāsudevo varaḥ puṁsām idaṁ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

Seeing him—his anger spent, yet still shaken by the killing of Bhīmasena—Vāsudeva, the foremost among men, spoke these words. The narrative frames a moment where grief and the aftershock of violence replace rage, preparing the ground for counsel on restraint and right conduct amid the ruin of war.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (fact/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विदित्वा: having known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• गतक्रोधम्: whose anger had gone; pacified
• गतक्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनवधार्दितम्: afflicted by the slaying of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनवधार्दितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेन-वध-अर्दित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुंसाम्: of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here; in this context
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अवीत्: said; spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)