Shloka 48

भीष्मस्य सेनापत्यप्रतिज्ञा तथा रथसंख्यावर्णनम् | Bhishma Accepts Command and Enumerates Kaurava Strength

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीद्‌ धर्मराज: कारुण्यार्थ वचो महत्‌ | नाहं ज्ञातिवधं राजन्‌ कामयेयं कथंचन,तदनन्तर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने करुणावश फिर यह महत्त्वपूर्ण बात कही--'राजन! मैं किसी प्रकार भी अपने कुटुम्बियोंका वध नहीं कराना चाहता

Transliteration

tam abravīd dharmarājaḥ kāruṇyārthaṃ vaco mahat | nāhaṃ jñātivadhaṃ rājan kāmaye'yaṃ kathaṃcana ||

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว ธรรมราชยุธิษฐิระ ผู้สะเทือนด้วยความกรุณา ได้กล่าวถ้อยคำอันหนักแน่นว่า “ข้าแต่พระราชา ข้าพเจ้าไม่ปรารถนาให้ญาติวงศ์ของตนถูกฆ่า ไม่ว่าโดยประการใดเลย”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मराजः: Dharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कारुण्यार्थम्: for the sake of compassion / out of compassion
• कारुण्यार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारुण्य-अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great/important
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञाति-वधम्: killing of kinsmen
• ज्ञाति-वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति-वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• कामयेयम्: would desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (काङ्क्षायाम्/इच्छायाम्) → कामय
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कथंचन: in any way / at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथं-चन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• rājan (the addressed king)