Shloka 65

गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

सूच्यग्रं नात्यज: पूर्व स कथं त्यजसि क्षितिम्‌ | एवमैश्वर्यमासाद्य प्रशास्यथ पृथिवीमिमाम्‌

Transliteration

sūcyagraṁ nātyajaḥ pūrvaṁ sa kathaṁ tyajasi kṣitim | evamaiśvaryam āsādya praśāsyatha pṛthivīm imām ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Dahulu engkau tidak sanggup meninggalkan walau hujung jarum; bagaimana kini engkau sanggup meninggalkan bumi ini sendiri? Setelah mencapai kedaulatan sedemikian, engkau patut memerintah dan melindungi dunia ini.”

Word by Word

• सूचि-अग्रम्: the tip of a needle
• सूचि-अग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूचि + अग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अत्यजः: you abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• सः: he/you (that one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• त्यजसि: you abandon/leave
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षितिम्: the earth, ground
• क्षितिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• ऐश्वर्यम्: sovereignty, lordship
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• प्रशास्यथ: you (all) will rule/govern
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शास्
• Form: Future (Lrt), 2, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• kṣiti (the earth/kingdom)
• pṛthivī (the earth/world)