Shloka 68

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

यदि त्वेनं महाराज यज्ञ प्राप्तुम भीप्ससि । यतस्व तेषां मोक्षाय जरासंधवधाय च,राजन! यदि आप इस यज्ञको पूर्णरूपसे सम्पन्न करना चाहते हैं तो उन कैदी राजाओंको छुड़ाने और जरासंधको मारनेका प्रयत्न कीजिये

Transliteration

yadi tvenam mahārāja yajñaṃ prāptum abhīpsasi | yatasva teṣāṃ mokṣāya jarāsandha-vadhāya ca ||

Translation

శ్రీకృష్ణుడు అన్నాడు—మహారాజా, మీరు ఈ యజ్ఞాన్ని నిజంగా లక్ష్యసిద్ధిగా పూర్తిచేయదలచితే, ఆ బందీ రాజుల విముక్తికీ, జరాసంధ వధకీ ప్రయత్నించండి.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• त्वा: you (object-form, enclitic)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• एनम्: this (him/it)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, yajña
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तुम्: to obtain/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• भीप्ससि: you desire, you wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: भीप्स्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यतस्व: strive, make effort
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मोक्षाय: for the release
• मोक्षाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• जरासन्ध-वधाय: for the slaying of Jarāsandha
• जरासन्ध-वधाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्धवध
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Mahārāja (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee in context)
• Jarāsandha
• imprisoned kings
• yajña (sacrifice)