Shloka 36

Devanagari script

जोषमास्स्व न मां भूयो वक्तुमर्हस्थत: परम्‌

Transliteration

joṣam āssva na māṃ bhūyo vaktum arhasi tataḥ param

Translation

మౌనంగా ఉండు; ఇకపై నీవు నాతో మళ్లీ మాట్లాడటానికి అర్హుడవు.

Word by Word

• जोषम्: silence; acquiescence; approval (as an object: ‘keep silence’)
• जोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जोष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जोष’ = प्रसाद/तुष्टि/अनुमोदन)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्व: be; remain
• आस्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• भूयः: again; further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्ययार्थ; पुनः)

• वक्तुम्: to speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought; you are fit
• अर्हसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: thereafter; from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (अव्यय; तद्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• परम्: further; beyond; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights restraint in speech and the enforcement of boundaries: in moments of intense conflict, words can inflame hostility, so silence is commanded to prevent further escalation and to uphold discipline and honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Drona Parva’s war setting, Dhṛṣṭadyumna sharply rebukes someone and orders them to remain silent, declaring that they should not address him again from that moment onward.