Shloka 24

Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization

Devanagari script

अकत्थमानो युध्यस्व कत्थसेड<र्जुन कि बहु । पर्यायात्‌ सिद्धिरेतस्य नैतत्‌ सिध्यति कत्थनात्‌,“अर्जुन! बातें न बनाकर युद्ध करो। बहुत आत्मप्रशंसा क्‍यों करते हो? विभिन्न प्रकारोंसे युद्ध करनेपर ही राज्यकी सिद्धि हो सकती है। झूठी आत्मप्रशंसा करनेसे इस कार्यमें सफलता नहीं मिल सकती

Transliteration

akatthamāno yudhyasva katthaseḍ arjuna ki bahu | paryāyāt siddhir etasya naitat sidhyati katthanāt ||

Translation

ଅର୍ଜୁନ! ଗର୍ବକଥା ଛାଡ଼ି ଯୁଦ୍ଧ କର। ଏତେ ଆତ୍ମପ୍ରଶଂସା କାହିଁକି? ଏହି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟର ସିଦ୍ଧି ଯୁଦ୍ଧର ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟ ଓ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତିତ ଯୁକ୍ତିରେ ହୁଏ; ଖାଲି ଡିଙ୍ଗ ମାରିଲେ ହୁଏନା।

Word by Word

• {'akatthamānaḥ': 'not boasting

• without self-praise', 'yudhyasva': 'fight! (imperative, 2nd person singular)', 'katthase': 'you boast

• you brag', 'arjuna': 'Arjuna (addressed directly)', 'kim bahu': 'why so much?

• what is the point of so many words?', 'paryāyāt': 'by the proper course/sequence

• through practical engagement (here: through actual modes of fighting)', 'siddhiḥ': 'success

• accomplishment', 'etasya': 'of this (undertaking/aim)', 'na etat sidhyati': 'this does not succeed

• this is not accomplished', 'katthanāt': 'from boasting

Speaker

उलूक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ulūka
• Arjuna