Shloka 29

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

Devanagari script

यथा परमकं कृत्यं सैन्धवस्थ वधो मम । तथैव सुमहत्‌ कृत्यं धर्मराजस्य रक्षणम्‌,“मेरे लिये सिंधुराज जयद्रथका वध जैसे अत्यन्त महान्‌ कार्य है, उसी प्रकार धर्मराजकी रक्षा भी परम महत्त्वपूर्ण कर्तव्य है

Transliteration

yathā paramakaṃ kṛtyaṃ saindhavastha vadho mama | tathaiva sumahat kṛtyaṃ dharmarājasya rakṣaṇam ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ನನಗೆ ಸಿಂಧುರಾಜ (ಜಯದ್ರಥ)ನ ವಧೆ ಪರಮ ಮಹತ್ತಾದ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವಾದಂತೆ, ಧರ್ಮರಾಜನ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯೂ ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಮಹತ್ತರವಾದ ಹೊಣೆ.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: indeclinable (comparative-correlative)

• परमकम्: supremely great / utmost
• परमकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमक
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्यम्: duty; task to be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सैन्धवस्य: of the Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• वधः: killing; slaying
• वधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मम: for me / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• तथा: so; in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: indeclinable (correlative)

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable (emphatic)

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्यम्: duty; task to be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• रक्षणम्: protection; guarding
• रक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Jayadratha (Saindhava, Sindhu prince)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)