Shloka 12

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 126 — Kṛṣṇa’s Indictment of Misrule and the Varuṇa Analogy (कृष्णवाक्यं–धर्मपाशदृष्टान्तः)

Devanagari script

न चापि वयमुग्रेण कर्मणा वचनेन वा । प्रभ्रष्टा: प्रणमामेह भयादपि शतक्रतुम्‌,“हमलोग किसीके भयंकर कर्म अथवा भयानक वचनसे भयभीत हो क्षत्रियधर्मसे च्युत होकर साक्षात्‌ इन्द्रके सामने भी नतमस्तक नहीं हो सकते

Transliteration

na cāpi vayam ugreṇa karmaṇā vacanena vā | prabhraṣṭāḥ praṇamāmeha bhayād api śatakratum ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Мы не из тех, кто, устрашившись чьих-то свирепых деяний или грозных речей, отступит от кшатрийского закона и склонится здесь — даже из страха — перед самим Шатакрату (Индрой)».

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

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

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• ugreṇa: by/with fierce (means)
• ugreṇa: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ugra
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• karmaṇā: by an act/deed
• karmaṇā: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• vacanena: by a word/speech
• vacanena: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• vā: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā

• prabhraṣṭāḥ: fallen away/deviated
• prabhraṣṭāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhraṣṭa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• praṇamāma: we bow down
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam
• Form: Present, 1st, Plural, Parasmaipada

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha

• bhayāt: from fear/out of fear
• bhayāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• api: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• śatakratum: Śatakratu (Indra)
• śatakratum: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: śatakratu
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śatakratu (Indra)