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Shloka 7

Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma

Engagement and Countermeasures

किमर्थ च विषादस्ते तद्‌ ब्रूहि द्विपदां वर । न शोच्यं विदुषां श्रेष्ठ शोक: कार्यविनाशन:,“मनुष्योंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन! बताओ तो सही, तुम्हें किसलिये विषाद हो रहा है? विद्वद्वर! तुम्हें शोक नहीं करना चाहिये; क्योंकि शोक समस्त कर्मोंका विनाश करनेवाला है

kimarthaṃ ca viṣādas te tad brūhi dvipadāṃ vara | na śocyaṃ viduṣāṃ śreṣṭha śokaḥ kārya-vināśanaḥ ||

サンジャヤは言った。「人の中の最勝者よ、なぜこの憂いが汝に降りかかったのか、告げよ。賢者の中の第一人者よ、悲嘆に身を委ねてはならぬ。悲嘆は行為の力を滅ぼし、なすべき業そのものを損なうからである。」

किमर्थम्for what reason?
किमर्थम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् + अर्थ
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विषादःdespondency, grief
विषादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविषाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेof you / your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
तत्that (matter)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रूहिtell (me)
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (ब्रवीति)
FormLoṭ (Imperative), Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
द्विपदाम्of bipeds/men
द्विपदाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विपद
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
वरO best
वर:
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शोच्यम्to be grieved for / fit to lament
शोच्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशुच्
FormGerundive (तव्य/यत् sense), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
विदुषाम्of the wise
विदुषाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
श्रेष्ठO best (one)
श्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शोकःgrief
शोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कार्यविनाशनःdestroyer of action/undertakings
कार्यविनाशनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य-विनाशन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Arjuna

Educational Q&A

Grief and dejection are portrayed as obstacles to dharma because they weaken discernment and destroy effective action; the wise should restrain sorrow and return to purposeful duty.

Sañjaya addresses Arjuna directly, questioning the cause of his sudden despondency and urging him not to succumb to grief, since it undermines the necessary actions in the midst of the war situation.