Shloka 9
Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Reconciliation and Partition (भीष्मोपदेशः—संधि-राज्यविभागविचारः)
Devanagari script
ततो<हं न करोम्येनं व्यवसायं क्रियां प्रति । धर्म: सदैव संदिग्ध: प्रतिभाति हि मे त्वयम्
Transliteration
tato 'haṁ na karomy enaṁ vyavasāyaṁ kriyāṁ prati | dharmaḥ sadaiva sandigdhaḥ pratibhāti hi me tvayā ||
Translation
ドルパダは言った。「ゆえに私はこの決意を引き受けず、この行いの道を進めもしない。そなたの言葉ゆえに、この所業がダルマにかなうかどうか、我には常に疑わしく映る。ダルマに背くように見える慣行を、我は用いることができぬ。」
Word by Word
ततःtherefore/then
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formपुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा, एकवचन
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
करोमिI do/make
करोमि:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
एनम्this (him/it)
एनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootएतद्
Formपुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), द्वितीया, एकवचन
व्यवसायम्resolve/undertaking
व्यवसायम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्यवसाय
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
क्रियाम्action
क्रियाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
प्रतिtowards/with regard to
प्रति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
Formउपसर्ग/अव्यय (पूर्वपद-योगे)
धर्मःdharma/righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सदैवalways
सदैव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा + एव
Formअव्यय
संदिग्धःdoubtful/uncertain
संदिग्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसंदिग्ध
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
प्रतिभातिappears/seems
प्रतिभाति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-भा
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
Formनिपात-अव्यय
मेto me/for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formषष्ठी (वा चतुर्थी) एकवचन, सर्वनाम
त्वयम्in you/through you (as read: 'tvayam' irregular)
त्वयम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद्
Formत्वद्-शब्दः; अपेक्षितम्: त्वयि (सप्तमी एकवचन) / त्वया (तृतीया एकवचन); पाठे 'त्वयम्' असामान्य-रूपम्
Speaker
दुपद उवाच
Characters & Entities
द
दुपद (Drupada)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even when an action seems expedient, it should not be undertaken if its alignment with dharma remains doubtful; moral uncertainty is presented as sufficient reason to refrain.
Drupada responds to another speaker’s proposal or reasoning and declines to proceed, stating that the act appears contrary to dharma and that he continues to doubt its righteousness.