Shloka 11

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation

Devanagari script

येषु येषु नरव्यात्र यत्र यत्र च वर्तते । आशु तच्छीलतामेति तदिदं त्वयि दृश्यते,नरव्याप्र! मनुष्य जहाँ-जहाँ जिन-जिन लोगोंके समीप रहता है, उसमें शीघ्र ही उन लोगोंका शीलस्वभाव आ जाता है; यही बात तुममें भी देखी जाती है

Transliteration

yeṣu yeṣu naravyāghra yatra yatra ca vartate | āśu tacchīlatām eti tad idaṃ tvayi dṛśyate naravyāghra ||

Translation

Bhūrīśravā berkata: “Wahai harimau di antara manusia, di mana pun seseorang tinggal dan dengan siapa pun dia bergaul, dengan segera dia menyerap tabiat serta tingkah laku mereka. Kebenaran itulah yang nyata terlihat pada dirimu juga, wahai harimau di antara manusia.”

Word by Word

येषुin/among whom

येषुin/among whom (repeated for emphasis: 'whichever')

नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men

यत्रwhere

यत्रwherever (repeated for emphasis)

चand

वर्ततेdwells / stays / lives

आशुquickly

तत्that (i.e., that disposition/nature)

शीलताम्the state of character/temperament

एतिgoes to / attains / becomes

तत्that (very thing)

इदम्this

त्वयिin you

दृश्यतेis seen / is observed

नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men

Speaker

भूरिश्रवा उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhūrīśravā

naravyāghra (addressed hero, unspecified in the verse)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes