Shloka 7

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140

Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents

Devanagari script

तस्या: पिण्डव्यपनयं कुर्यादस्मद्विध: कथम्‌ | धर्मविद्‌ धर्मशास्त्राणां श्रवणे सततं रत:

Translation

ゆえに、ダルマを知り、常にダルマ・シャーストラの聴聞に励むこの私のような者が、どうしてラーダーの口から一口の糧を奪えようか。（養いもせずに彼女を捨て去るという残酷を、どうしてなし得ようか。）

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पिण्ड: food morsel; sustenance
• पिण्ड: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यपनयम्: removal; taking away
• व्यपनयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यपनय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्यात्: could/should do
• कुर्यात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अस्मद्विधः: one like me
• अस्मद्विधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद्विध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मशास्त्राणाम्: of dharma-texts; of law-books
• धर्मशास्त्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• श्रवणे: in hearing; in listening
• श्रवणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सततम्: always; continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• रतः: engaged; devoted
• रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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