Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अकार्य परमं कृत्वा मिथ्यावादी च पाण्डव: । यो हासौ छटद्मना5<चार्य शस्त्र संन्यासयत्‌ तदा

Transliteration

akāryaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā mithyāvādī ca pāṇḍavaḥ | yo hāsau chadmanā ācāryaṃ śastra-saṃnyāsayat tadā ||

Translation

ਜਿਸ ਪਾਂਡਵ ਨੇ ਪਰਮ ਅਨੁਚਿਤ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਝੂਠ ਬੋਲ ਕੇ, ਛਲ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਆਚਾਰਯ ਦ੍ਰੋਣ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਸਤ੍ਰ ਤਿਆਗਣ ਲਈ ਮਜਬੂਰ ਕੀਤਾ—ਉਸੇ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਇੱਥੇ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अकार्य: a wrongful act / improper deed
• अकार्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme, extreme
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Non-finite

• मिथ्यावादी: a liar / one who speaks falsely
• मिथ्यावादी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिथ्यावादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• असौ: that (person), he
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (प्रonominal stem अदस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छद्मना: by deceit / by a ruse
• छद्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: छद्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आचार्य: O teacher (Droṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शस्त्र: weapons
• शस्त्र: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• संन्यासयत्: caused (him) to lay down / made (him) renounce
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-न्यस् (causative: संन्यासय-)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Active, Parasmaipada, true

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (implied: Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Ācārya (Droṇa)
• śastra (weapons)