Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच कि विघातेन ते पार्थ प्रश्नानुकत्वा ततः पिब

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca: kiṁ vighātena te pārtha? praśnān uktvā tataḥ piba.

Translation

The Yakṣa said: “O Pārtha, what is the use of this struggle for you? First answer the questions; then drink.”

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विघातेन: by obstruction / with hindrance
• विघातेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघात
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna/Yudhishthira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रश्नान्: questions
• प्रश्नान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुकृत्वा: having answered / having complied (lit. having done accordingly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पिब: drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira)