Shloka 21

स्त्रीपर्व — गान्धारीभीमसेनसंवादः

Strī-parva — Gāndhārī–Bhīmasena Dialogue on Wartime Conduct

Devanagari script

कथं नु धर्म धर्मज्ै: समुद्दिष्ट महात्मभि: । त्यजेयुराहवे शूरा: प्राणहेतो: कथंचन

Transliteration

kathaṃ nu dharma dharmajñaiḥ samuddiṣṭa mahātmabhiḥ | tyajeyur āhave śūrāḥ prāṇa-hetoḥ kathaṃcana ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယန မိန့်တော်မူသည်—ဓမ္မကို သိမြင်သော မဟာစိတ်ရှိ ရှင်ပညာရှိတို့က ထင်ရှားစွာ ညွှန်ကြားထားသည့် ဓမ္မကို စစ်မြေပြင်အလယ်၌ သူရဲကောင်းတို့က အသက်ကယ်လိုခြင်းတစ်ခုတည်းကြောင့် ဘယ်လိုလုပ် စွန့်လွှတ်နိုင်မည်နည်း။

Word by Word

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

• नु: indeed/then (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• धर्मः: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मजैः: by the sons of Dharma (i.e., the Pāṇḍavas)
• धर्मजैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समुद्दिष्टः: declared/indicated/taught
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्दिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महात्मभिः: by great-souled ones
• महात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• त्यजेयुः: would abandon/should abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शूराः: heroes, brave men
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राणहेतोः: for the sake of life; out of fear for life
• प्राणहेतोः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणहेतु
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way/ever (at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• mahātmānaḥ (great-souled sages/elders)
• śūrāḥ (warriors/heroes)