Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अवेक्षया महाराज तव गाण्डीवधन्वचना । धर्मानुगतया बुद्धया न किज्चित्‌ साहसं कृतम्‌

Transliteration

avekṣayā mahārāja tava gāṇḍīvadhanvācana | dharmānugatāyā buddhyā na kiñcit sāhasaṁ kṛtam ||

Translation

ਮਹਾਰਾਜ! ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਦੀ ਉਡੀਕ ਅਤੇ ਧਰਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਗਾਂਡੀਵਧਾਰੀ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਨੇ ਹੁਣ ਤੱਕ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਬੇਤੁਕਾ ਜਾਂ ਬੇਪਰਵਾਹ ਸਾਹਸ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• अवेक्षया: by (the) waiting/expectation
• अवेक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवेक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• गाण्डीव-धन्व-चना: O bearer of the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वचन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्म-अनुगतया: by (a) dharma-following
• धर्म-अनुगतया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मानुगता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• बुद्धया: by understanding/intelligence
• बुद्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• साहसम्: rash act/venture
• साहसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva