Shloka 2

भীমेन युधिष्ठिरस्य त्यागवृत्तेः प्रतिषेधः

Bhīma’s Rebuttal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Inclination

Devanagari script

आलस्ये कृतचित्तस्य राजधर्मानसूयत: । विनाशे धार्तराष्ट्राणां कि फलं भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! यदि राजधर्मकी निन्‍्दा करते हुए आपने आलस्यपूर्ण जीवन बितानेका ही निश्चय किया था तो धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंका विनाश करानेसे क्या फल मिला?

Transliteration

ālasye kṛtacittasya rājadharmān asūyataḥ | vināśe dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งภารตะ หากท่านตั้งใจจะดำรงชีวิตด้วยความเกียจคร้าน ทั้งยังติเตียนราชธรรมแล้วไซร้ การก่อให้บุตรของธฤตราษฏระถึงความพินาศนั้นจักมีผลอันใดเล่า?

Word by Word

• आलस्ये: in idleness
• आलस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृतचित्तस्य: of one whose mind is made up (resolved)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतचित्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजधर्मानसूयतः: of one not censuring the duties of kingship
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजधर्म-अनसूयत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विनाशे: in/at the destruction
• विनाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the Kauravas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhima
• Bharatarṣabha (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Kauravas)
• Rājadharma