Shloka 20

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness

Devanagari script

नाधर्मो विद्यते कश्चिच्छबत्रूनू हत्वा5डततायिन:

Transliteration

nādharmo vidyate kaścit śatrūn hatvā ’tatāyinaḥ

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「『アータターヤイン』—先に手を下し、生命と秩序を脅かす暴虐の侵略者—である敵を討つことに、不義はまったくない。その場合、その行為はダルマを破ることではなく、ダルマを護るためのものとされる。」

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• adharmaḥ: unrighteousness, sin
• adharmaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adharma
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• vidyate: is found, exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (vindati) / vidyate (ātmanepada usage)
• Form: present, third, singular, ātmanepada

• kaścit: any (one), whatsoever
• kaścit: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kaścid
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• śatrūn: enemies
• śatrūn: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• hatvā: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han
• Form: ktvā (absolutive/gerund)

• ātatāyinaḥ: assailants, felons (aggressors)
• ātatāyinaḥ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātatāyin
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• śatravaḥ (enemies)
• ātatāyin (aggressor)