Shloka 8

सभा पर्व, अध्याय ३७ — युधिष्ठिरस्य भीष्मोपदेशः

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Consultation and Bhīṣma’s Counsel in the Assembly

Devanagari script

आचार्य मन्यसे कृष्णमथ वा कुरुनन्दन । द्रोणे तिष्ठति वाष्णेयं कस्मादर्चितवानसि

Transliteration

ācārya manyase kṛṣṇam atha vā kurunandana | droṇe tiṣṭhati vāṣṇeyaṃ kasmād arcitavān asi ||

Translation

शिशुपाल म्हणाला—हे कुरुनंदना! तू कृष्णाला आचार्य मानतोस काय? आणि आचार्यांमध्ये वृद्ध द्रोणाचार्य उपस्थित असताना या वृष्णिवंशीची पूजा योग्य मानून तू त्याचे अर्चन का केलेस?

Word by Word

• आचार्यम्: teacher (as)
• आचार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think/consider
• मन्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: or/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रोणे: in/when Drona (is present)
• द्रोणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठति: stands/is present
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वाष्णेयम्: the descendant of Vrishni (Krishna)
• वाष्णेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कस्मात्: why/from what reason
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अर्चितवान्: having honored / you honored
• अर्चितवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्तवतु (past active participle)

• असि: you are (auxiliary with participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śiśupāla
• Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Kurunandana)
• Droṇa
• Vṛṣṇi/Yādava lineage (Vāṣṇeya)