Shloka 22

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

शक्‍्यं वा यदि वाशक्यं करिष्यामि वचस्तव । एवमुक्ता तत:ः कृष्णमब्रवीद्‌ यदुनन्दनम्‌,“सम्भव हो या असम्भव, तुम्हारे वचनका मैं अवश्य पालन करूँगा।” इस प्रकार आश्वासन मिलनेपर श्रुतश्रवा यदुनन्दन श्रीकृष्णसे बोली--

Transliteration

śakyaṃ vā yadi vāśakyaṃ kariṣyāmi vacas tava | evam uktā tataḥ kṛṣṇam abravīd yadunandanam |

Translation

«Seja possível ou impossível, cumprirei sem falta a tua palavra.» Tendo assim dado sua promessa, Śrutāśravā dirigiu-se a Kṛṣṇa —a alegria dos Yadus— e disse:

Word by Word

• शक्यम्: possible
• शक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अशक्यम्: impossible
• अशक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वचः: word; command
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्ता: having been spoken; addressed
• उक्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यदुनन्दनम्: the delight of the Yadus (Krishna)
• यदुनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yadunandana (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)
• Śrutāśravā