Shloka 72

गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

अप्रियाणां च वचनैद्रौपद्या: कर्षणेन च । एतस्मात्‌ कारणात्‌ पाप जीवितं ते न विद्यते

Transliteration

apriyāṇāṃ ca vacanair draupadyāḥ karṣaṇena ca | etasmāt kāraṇāt pāpa jīvitaṃ te na vidyate ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Because of your harsh and offensive words, and because you dragged Draupadī by force, O sinner—on account of these deeds, life will not remain for you.”

Word by Word

• अप्रियाणाम्: of unpleasant (things/words)
• अप्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वचनैः: by words/speeches
• वचनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रौपद्याः: of Draupadī
• द्रौपद्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्षणेन: by dragging/pulling
• कर्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कारणात्: from (this) cause/reason
• कारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• पाप: O sinner/wretch
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्+यते; √विद् in sense 'to exist/be found')
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Draupadī