Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अवेक्षया महाराज तव गाण्डीवधन्वचना । धर्मानुगतया बुद्धया न किज्चित्‌ साहसं कृतम्‌

Transliteration

avekṣayā mahārāja tava gāṇḍīvadhanvācana | dharmānugatāyā buddhyā na kiñcit sāhasaṁ kṛtam ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ມະຫາຣາຊາ, ເນື່ອງຈາກລາວຄອຍຖ້າພະບັນຊາຂອງພະອົງ ແລະເນື່ອງຈາກປັນຍາຂອງລາວດໍາເນີນຕາມທາງທຳມະ, ອາຈຸນ ຜູ້ຖືຄັນທະນູ ການຑີວະ ຈຶ່ງຍັງບໍ່ໄດ້ກະທໍາການຫຸນຫັນ ຫຼືບໍ່ຮອບຄອບໃດໆ»។

Word by Word

• अवेक्षया: by (the) waiting/expectation
• अवेक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवेक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• गाण्डीव-धन्व-चना: O bearer of the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वचन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्म-अनुगतया: by (a) dharma-following
• धर्म-अनुगतया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मानुगता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• बुद्धया: by understanding/intelligence
• बुद्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• साहसम्: rash act/venture
• साहसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a powerful warrior should restrain impulsive action; dharma-guided judgment and respect for rightful command prevent reckless deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator explains to the king that Arjuna has not acted rashly because he is awaiting the king’s instruction and is guided by a dharmic sense of right conduct.