Shloka 2

Devanagari script

वक्षित्तु संशयो मे5स्ति तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह । जाते5स्मिन्‌ संशये राजन्‌ नान्यं पृच्छेम कंचन

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |

vakṣituṁ saṁśayo me 'sti tan me brūhi pitāmaha |

jāte 'smin saṁśaye rājan nānyaṁ pṛcchema kañcana ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「我には述べたい疑いがある。答えを告げてください、大祖父よ。いまこの疑念が起こった以上、王よ、私はこれについて他の誰にも問わない。」

Word by Word

• वक्तुम्: to tell/say
• वक्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितामह: O grandsire
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जाते: when arisen/when born
• जाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संशये: in (this) doubt
• संशये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृच्छेम: I would ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Optative, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कञ्चन: anyone (at all)
• कञ्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कञ्चन (कश्चन)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined inquiry in dharma: when uncertainty arises, one should approach a trusted, authoritative teacher and seek a clear resolution rather than scattering questions among many sources.

What is happening in the narrative?

During Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Anuśāsana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully presents that he has a specific doubt and requests Bhīṣma (the ‘Grandfather’) to resolve it, declaring he will not consult anyone else on this matter.