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Shloka 22

शमीवृक्षस्थायुधप्रकाशनम् / Revelation and Identification of the Weapons on the Śamī Tree

तथा स्त्रीषु प्रतिश्रुत्य पौरुषं पुरुषेषु च । कत्थमानो5भिनिर्याय किमर्थ न युयुत्ससे,तुम स्त्रियों और पुरुषोंके बीच कौरवोंको हराकर अपने गोधनको वापस लानेकी प्रतिज्ञा करके पुरुषार्थके विषयमें अपनी श्लाघा करते हुए युद्धके लिये निकले थे; फिर अब क्यों युद्ध नहीं करना चाहते?

tathā strīṣu pratiśrutya pauruṣaṃ puruṣeṣu ca | katthamāno 'bhiniryāya kimarthaṃ na yuyutsase ||

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు— “స్త్రీల సమక్షంలో పురుషవీర్యాన్ని ప్రతిజ్ఞ చేసి, పురుషుల మధ్య నీ పరాక్రమాన్ని గొప్పగా చెప్పుకుంటూ యుద్ధానికి బయలుదేరావు; మరి ఇప్పుడు ఎందుకు యుద్ధం చేయదలచలేదు?”

तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
स्त्रीषुamong women
स्त्रीषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
प्रतिश्रुत्यhaving promised
प्रतिश्रुत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-श्रु (धातु: श्रु)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), Parasmaipada (usage)
पौरुषम्manliness, valor
पौरुषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपौरुष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पुरुषेषुamong men
पुरुषेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कत्थमानःboasting, vaunting
कत्थमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकत्थमान (from धातु: कत्थ्/कथ् “to boast”)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अभिनिर्यायhaving set out, having gone forth
अभिनिर्याय:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-नि-इ (धातु: इ)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; irregular/strengthened form), Parasmaipada (usage)
किमर्थम्for what reason? why?
किमर्थम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिमर्थ
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
युयुत्ससेyou wish to fight / you want to fight
युयुत्ससे:
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (desiderative: युयुत्स्)
FormLat (Present), Atmanepada, Second, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

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Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

Public vows and claims of valor create a moral obligation to act consistently; for a warrior, withdrawing from a justly undertaken fight after boasting is portrayed as a lapse in honor and duty.

The speaker challenges a warrior who had earlier promised—before women and men alike—to display prowess and go to battle, questioning why he now hesitates and refuses to fight.