Shloka 58
Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances
Devanagari script
मृगराजं हितैर्वाक्यै: सम्बोधयितुमागमत् | पुत्र नैतत् त्वया ग्राह्मूं कपटारम्भसंयुतम्
Transliteration
mṛgarājaṃ hitair vākyaiḥ sambodhayitum āgamat | putra naitat tvayā grāhyaṃ kapaṭārambhasaṃyutam |
Translation
मृगराजं हितैर्वाक्यैः सम्बोधयितुमागमत्। पुत्र नैतत् त्वया ग्राह्यं कपटारम्भसंयुतम्॥
Word by Word
मृगराजम्the lion (king of beasts)
मृगराजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृगराज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
हितैःwith beneficial (words)
हितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootहित
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
वाक्यैःwith words/speeches
वाक्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सम्बोधयितुम्to address/awaken (to speak to)
सम्बोधयितुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+बुध्
FormTumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage)
आगमत्came/approached
आगमत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ+गम्
FormImperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
ग्राह्यम्to be accepted/should be taken
ग्राह्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
Formयत् (gerundive/future passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (sense)
कपटारम्भसंयुतम्connected with a deceitful undertaking
कपटारम्भसंयुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकपटारम्भसंयुत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
M
mṛgarāja (lion)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Do not accept proposals or gifts whose very outset is rooted in deception; ethical discernment requires judging the intention and origin of an action, not merely its outward form.
A speaker approaches the ‘mṛgarāja’ (lion) to admonish him with beneficial counsel, warning him—addressed as ‘son’—not to take something that is connected with a deceitful scheme.