Shloka 2

Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge

Devanagari script

इदं तु नाभिजानामि तव धीरस्य नित्यश: । यत्‌ पुत्रवशमागच्छेस्तत्त्वज्ञ: सव्यसाचिन:,परंतु सदासे बुद्धिमान्‌ माने जानेवाले आपके सम्बन्धमें मैं यह नहीं समझ पाता हूँ कि आप स्व्यसाची अर्जुनके बल-पराक्रमको अच्छी तरह जानते हुए भी क्‍यों अपने पुत्रोंके अधीन हो रहे हैं?

Translation

「しかし私には、常に剛毅で賢明と見なされるあなたについて、理解できぬことがあります。両手を自在に操る者（サヴィヤサーチー）アルジュナの力と武勇をよく知りながら、なぜあなたは息子たちの意のままに従い、その支配下に身を置かれるのですか。」

Word by Word

• idam: this (thing)
• idam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• tu: but/however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

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

• abhijānāmi: I know/understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhijñā
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tava: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• dhīrasya: of the steadfast/wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīra
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• nityaśaḥ: always/constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityaśas

• yat: that/which (fact)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• putra-vaśam: subjection to (one’s) sons
• putra-vaśam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + vaśa
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• āgaccheḥ: you would come/submit
• Type: Verb
• Root: āgam
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tattva-jñaḥ: knower of reality/truth
• tattva-jñaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tattva + jña
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• savyasācin: O Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savyasācin
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच