Shloka 24

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा व्यथितं दृष्टवा कृष्णो वचनमत्रवीत्‌ । मा व्यथां कुरु कौन्तेय नैतत्‌ त्वय्युपपद्यते

Transliteration

taṁ tathā vyathitaṁ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇo vacanam abravīt | mā vyathāṁ kuru kaunteya naitat tvayy upapadyate ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。苦悩に打ち震える彼を見て、クリシュナはこう語った。「嘆きに身を委ねるな、クンティの子よ。そのような落胆はお前にふさわしくない。」

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• व्यथितम्: distressed, afflicted
• व्यथितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Active

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

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

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle

• व्यथाम्: distress, agitation
• व्यथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु: do, make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Negation

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्वयि: in you, for you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• उपपद्यते: is fitting, is appropriate
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपपद्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kaunteya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kṛṣṇa urges inner steadiness and rejects unworthy dejection: grief that weakens resolve is ethically and socially unfitting for a Kṣatriya facing a righteous duty. The verse frames composure and courage as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Kṛṣṇa observes Kaunteya (Arjuna) overcome by agitation and immediately addresses him, instructing him not to succumb to distress because such a state is not appropriate for him in the battlefield context.