Shloka 15

Nakula’s Adaptive Counsel to Kṛṣṇa in the Kuru Assembly (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ७८)

Devanagari script

जानासि हि महाबाहो त्वमप्यस्य परं मतम्‌ । प्रियं चिकीर्षमाणं च धर्मराजस्य मामपि

Transliteration

jānāsi hi mahābāho tvam apy asya paraṃ matam | priyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇaṃ ca dharmarājasya mām api ||

Translation

ਅਰਜੁਨ ਬੋਲੇ—ਹੇ ਮਹਾਬਾਹੋ! ਤੂੰ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਪੱਕੀ ਧਾਰਣਾ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈਂ—ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਧਰਮਰਾਜ ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ ਲੱਗੇ ਉਹੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਉਤਸੁਕ ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (जानाति)
• Form: Present, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• परम्: highest/ultimate
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मतम्: opinion/view
• मतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (from √मन्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रियम्: what is dear/pleasing (a favor)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चिकीर्षमाणम्: wishing to do (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिकीर्ष (desiderative of √कृ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (desiderative)

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

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Duryodhana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)