Shloka 22

Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls

Devanagari script

अवमेने धरनुग्रहानेष सर्वाश्व॒ फाल्गुन: । तथा चैतन्न तु तथा कर्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता,अर्जुनने सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंका अपमान भी किया था; अत: अपना कल्याण चाहनेवाले पुरुषको ऐसा नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

avamene dhanuḥ-grahāṇeṣu sarvān aśva-phālgunaḥ | tathā caitat na tu tathā kartavyaṃ bhūtim icchatā ||

Translation

ยุธิษฐิระตรัสว่า “ศวพาลคุนะ (อรชุน) เคยดูหมิ่นเหล่านักธนูทั้งปวง แต่ผู้ใดปรารถนาความผาสุกแท้และความรุ่งเรืองยั่งยืน ไม่ควรกระทำเช่นนั้น”

Word by Word

• अवमेने: insulted / disrespected
• अवमेने: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√मन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धनुर्ग्रहान्: bow-bearers / archers
• धनुर्ग्रहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुर्ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वफाल्गुनः: Aśvatthāman (son of Droṇa)
• अश्वफाल्गुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वफाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus / in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• एतत्: this (act/thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तथा: so / in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done / ought to be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भूतिम्: welfare / prosperity
• भूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छता: by one who desires
• इच्छता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इच्छत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna (Aśvaphālguna)
• bow (dhanuḥ)