Shloka 37

Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris

Udyoga-parva 94

Devanagari script

हार्द यत्‌ पाण्डवेष्वासीत्‌ प्राप्तेडस्मिन्नायुष: क्षये । तदेव ते भवत्वद्य संधत्स्व भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ अब आपकी आयु भी क्षीण हो चली है; इस बुढ़ापेमें आपका पाण्डवोंके ऊपर वैसा ही स्नेह बना रहे, जैसा पहले था; अत: संधि कर लीजिये

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: hārdaṃ yat pāṇḍaveṣv āsīt prāpte ’sminnāyuṣaḥ kṣaye | tad eva te bhavatv adya sandhatsva bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお、バーラタ族の雄牛よ。いまや汝の寿命の尽きる時が近い。かつてパーンダヴァらに抱いた真心の慈愛を、今日も変わらず保て。ゆえに和議を結び、和解を成せ。」

Word by Word

• हार्दम्: affection, heartfelt feeling
• हार्दम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्द
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवेषु: among/towards the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Locative-absolute (Neuter implied: काले), Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आयुषः: of life
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• क्षये: at the end/decline
• क्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भवतु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• संधत्स्व: make/arrange (a peace), reconcile
• Type: Verb
• Root: संधा (सम्+धा)
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bharata (lineage)