Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ ते वर्तयिष्यामि दुर्गकर्म विशेषत: । श्रुत्वा तथा विधातव्यमनुष्ठेयं च यत्नत:

Transliteration

tasmāt te vartayiṣyāmi durgakarma viśeṣataḥ | śrutvā tathā vidhātavyam anuṣṭheyaṃ ca yatnataḥ ||

Translation

ゆえに私は汝に—とりわけ詳しく—困難なる事業において踏むべき行いの道を説き示そう。これを聞き終えたなら、そのとおりに行動し、怠りなく努めて実践せよ。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative, singular

• वर्तयिष्यामि: I shall explain/expound
• वर्तयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तयति)
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• दुर्गकर्म: difficult task/act
• दुर्गकर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गकर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• विशेषतः: especially/in particular
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

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

• विधातव्यम्: is to be done/should be arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligatory), neuter, nominative, singular

• अनुष्ठेयम्: is to be carried out/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (अनु + स्था)
• Form: यत् (gerundive/obligatory), neuter, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्नतः: with effort/carefully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When facing difficult undertakings, one should first listen carefully to sound guidance and then implement it exactly, with sustained diligence; right action requires both correct instruction and earnest execution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, speaking as an instructor in the Śānti Parva, signals that he will now set out a specific, detailed teaching on how to proceed in challenging matters, and urges the listener to put it into practice with effort.