Shloka 17
अर्जुनोक्तिः—कृष्णं प्रति पुरुषकार‑कर्म‑विचारः
Arjuna’s Address to Krishna: Agency, Action, and Immediate Counsel
Devanagari script
ते चेदभिनिवेक्ष्यन्ते नाभ्युपैष्यन्ति मे वच: । कुरवो युद्धमेवात्र घोरं कर्म भविष्यति
Transliteration
te ced abhinivekṣyante nābhyupaiṣyanti me vacaḥ | kuravo yuddham evātra ghoraṃ karma bhaviṣyati |
Translation
ビーマセーナは宣言した。「もしクル族が頑なに固執し、我が和睦の言葉を退けるなら、この場において結末はただ戦のみ—恐るべき業となろう。」
Word by Word
तेthey (those)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
अभिनिवेक्ष्यन्तेwill insist / will be obstinate
अभिनिवेक्ष्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-नि-विश्
FormFuture, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अभ्युपैष्यन्तिwill accept / will agree to
अभ्युपैष्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-उप-इ
FormFuture, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
वचःword(s) / proposal
वचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुरवःthe Kurus
कुरवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
युद्धम्war
युद्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed / only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कर्मdeed / act
कर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be / will happen
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormFuture, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीमसेन उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīmasenaK
Kauravas (Kuravaḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Obstinate refusal to accept reasonable, peace-seeking counsel turns conflict into an unavoidable and morally grave action; war is portrayed as a dreadful consequence rather than a virtue in itself.
Bhīma warns that if the Kauravas persist in their hardline stance and reject his conciliatory words, the situation will culminate in war, emphasizing the severity of that outcome.