Shloka 11

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 92: Kṛṣṇasya sabhāpraveśaḥ

Krishna’s Entry into the Royal Assembly

Devanagari script

आकेशग्रहणान्मित्रमकार्यात्‌ संनिवर्तयन्‌ । अवाच्य: कस्यचिद्‌ भवति कृतयत्नो यथाबलम्‌

Transliteration

ākeśa-grahaṇān mitram akāryāt saṁnivartayan | avācyaḥ kasyacid bhavati kṛta-yatno yathā-balam ||

Translation

Тот, кто, даже схватив друга за волосы, изо всех сил старается удержать его от неправедного деяния (адхармы), не становится достойным порицания в чьих бы то ни было глазах.

Word by Word

• आकेशग्रहणात्: even from (the act of) seizing by the hair/topknot
• आकेशग्रहणात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकेशग्रहण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मित्रम्: a friend
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकार्यत्: from a wrong act
• अकार्यत्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• संनिवर्तयन्: turning back / restraining
• संनिवर्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-वृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Shatr (present active participle)

• अवाच्यः: not to be blamed / not blameworthy
• अवाच्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवाच्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Tavya (gerundive/adjectival)

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भवति: is / becomes
• भवति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृतयत्नः: one who has made effort / who has tried
• कृतयत्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथाबलम्: according to (one's) strength; as much as possible
• यथाबलम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथाबल

Speaker

(वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṁpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Preventing a friend from wrongdoing is a dharmic duty; even firm physical restraint is not blameworthy when motivated by protection from adharma and undertaken with sincere, proportionate effort.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśaṁpāyana’s narration, a general ethical principle is stated: a well-intentioned person who tries, to the extent of his ability, to stop a friend from an improper act should not be condemned for the severity of the intervention.