Shloka 91

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

तस्य त्वं पदवीं गच्छ गच्छेयुस्त्वाद्शा यथा

Transliteration

tasya tvaṃ padavīṃ gaccha gaccheyus tvādṛśā yathā

Translation

သင်သည် သူ၏လမ်းကြောင်းကိုလိုက်ပါ—သူချမှတ်ထားသောလမ်းကိုလျှောက်ပါ—သင်နှင့်တူသောသူတို့လည်း သင့်တော်သကဲ့သို့ လျှောက်လှမ်းနိုင်စေရန်။

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पदवीं: path/track/way
• पदवीं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छेयुः: they should/would go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• त्वादृशाः: those like you
• त्वादृशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वादृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That a person of stature should follow the established righteous path, because their conduct becomes a model; ethical leadership is measured by setting a standard others can safely follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses someone with an exhortation: to proceed along the path of a particular exemplar, emphasizing that such alignment will enable others of similar standing to act properly as well.