Shloka 31

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

मा धूमाय ज्वलात्यन्तमाक्रम्य जहि शात्रवान्‌

Transliteration

mā dhūmāya jvalātyantam ākramya jahi śātravān

Translation

Ваю-дева сказал: «Не давай одному лишь дыму одолеть тебя. Шагни вперёд в самое яростное пламя и срази враждебных врагов».

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle used with imperative/optative

• धूमाय: for smoke / to smoke
• धूमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ज्वल: burn; blaze
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्यन्तम्: excessively; utterly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त
• Form: Adverb

• आक्रम्य: having attacked; having advanced upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), indeclinable

• जहि: slay; kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शात्रवान्: enemies
• शात्रवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शात्रव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• enemies (śātravāḥ)
• smoke (dhūma)
• flame/fire (jvalā)