Shloka 10

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 27 — Saṃjaya’s Counsel on Dharma, Desire, and the Non-Perishing of Karma

Devanagari script

यदि हाहं विसृजन्‌ साम गहाों नियुध्यमानो यदि जहां स्वधर्मम्‌ । महायशा: केशवस्तद्‌ ब्रवीतु वासुदेवस्तूभयोरर्थकाम:

Transliteration

yadi hāhaṁ visṛjan sāma gāḍhaṁ niyudhyamāno yadi jahyāṁ svadharmam | mahāyaśāḥ keśavas tad bravītu vāsudevas tūbhayor arthakāmaḥ ||

Translation

ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရက ပြောသည်– «အကယ်၍ ငါသည် သဘောတူညီရေး (သမာ) ကို စွန့်လွှတ်ကာ ပြင်းထန်သော စစ်ပွဲသို့ ဝင်ရောက်မည်ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ထိုသို့ပြုရာတွင် ငါ့၏ ကိုယ်ပိုင်ဓမ္မကို လွဲချော်မိလျှင်—ဂုဏ်သတင်းကြီးသော ကေသဝက ငါ့အား မှန်ကန်သည့်အရာကို ပြောပါစေ။ နှစ်ဖက်စလုံး၏ အကျိုးစီးပွားအမှန်ကို ရှာဖွေသူ ဝါစုဒေဝက ငါတို့၏ ကောင်းကျိုးကို ဆောင်ရွက်မည့် လမ်းကြောင်းကို ကြေညာပါစေ»။

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• हा: alas! (interjection)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• विसृजन्: releasing, letting go
• विसृजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विसृज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• साम: conciliation, peaceful policy
• साम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गहाम्: depths; difficult straits (lit. deep places)
• गहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गहा
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• नियुध्यमानः: fighting, engaging in battle
• नियुध्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युध्
• Form: शानच् (present middle participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• जहाम्: I abandon, I give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: present (lat), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• स्वधर्मम्: one's own duty
• स्वधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महायशाः: the greatly renowned
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ब्रवीतु: let him say, let him declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: imperative (lot), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• उभयोः: of both (alternatives/sides)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, dual

• अर्थकामः: desirous of what is beneficial/meaningful (seeking the right course)
• अर्थकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थकाम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• svadharma
• sāma (conciliation)