Shloka 10

Jarāsandha–Vāsudeva Saṃvāda: Kṣātra-Dharma, Pride, and the Ethics of Coercion

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 20

Devanagari script

यथा वदसि गोविन्द सर्व तदुपपद्यते | न हि त्वमग्रतस्तेषां येषां लक्ष्मी: पराड्मुखी,गोविन्द! आप जैसा कहते हैं, वह सब ठीक है। जिनकी राज्यलक्ष्मी विमुख हो चुकी है, उनके सम्मुख आप आते ही नहीं हैं

Transliteration

yathā vadasi govinda sarva tad upapadyate | na hi tvam agratas teṣāṁ yeṣāṁ lakṣmīḥ parāṅmukhī ||

Translation

ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର କହିଲେ—ହେ ଗୋବିନ୍ଦ! ଆପଣ ଯେପରି କହୁଛନ୍ତି, ସବୁ ଯଥାଯଥ ମେଳ ଖାଉଛି। ଯାହାଙ୍କର ରାଜଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ବିମୁଖ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି, ସେମାନଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ଆପଣ ଦଣ୍ଡାୟମାନ ହୁଅନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: indeclinable (comparative/relative adverb)

• वदसि: you say/speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: present (laṭ), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• उपपद्यते: is fitting/holds good, is consistent
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपपद्
• Form: present (laṭ), 3rd person, singular, ātmanepada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि
• Form: particle (emphasis/indeed)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अग्रतः: in front, before
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः
• Form: indeclinable (adverb)

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• येषाम्: of whom
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune, royal prosperity
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पराङ्मुखी: turned away, averse
• पराङ्मुखी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुखी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)
• Lakṣmī (as royal fortune)