Shloka 10

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 27 — Saṃjaya’s Counsel on Dharma, Desire, and the Non-Perishing of Karma

Devanagari script

यदि हाहं विसृजन्‌ साम गहाों नियुध्यमानो यदि जहां स्वधर्मम्‌ । महायशा: केशवस्तद्‌ ब्रवीतु वासुदेवस्तूभयोरर्थकाम:

Transliteration

yadi hāhaṁ visṛjan sāma gāḍhaṁ niyudhyamāno yadi jahyāṁ svadharmam | mahāyaśāḥ keśavas tad bravītu vāsudevas tūbhayor arthakāmaḥ ||

Translation

ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “หากข้าละทิ้งหนทางประนีประนอมแล้วก้าวเข้าสู่ศึกอันดุเดือด และด้วยเหตุนั้นข้าละเมิดสวธรรมของตน ขอให้เคศวะผู้มีเกียรติยศบอกความถูกต้องแก่ข้า วาสุเทวะผู้ปรารถนาประโยชน์แท้แก่เราทั้งสองฝ่าย จงประกาศหนทางที่นำสู่ความผาสุก”

Word by Word

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

• हा: alas! (interjection)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• विसृजन्: releasing, letting go
• विसृजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विसृज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• साम: conciliation, peaceful policy
• साम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गहाम्: depths; difficult straits (lit. deep places)
• गहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गहा
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• नियुध्यमानः: fighting, engaging in battle
• नियुध्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युध्
• Form: शानच् (present middle participle), masculine, nominative, singular

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

• जहाम्: I abandon, I give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: present (lat), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• स्वधर्मम्: one's own duty
• स्वधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महायशाः: the greatly renowned
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ब्रवीतु: let him say, let him declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: imperative (lot), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• उभयोः: of both (alternatives/sides)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, dual

• अर्थकामः: desirous of what is beneficial/meaningful (seeking the right course)
• अर्थकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थकाम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• svadharma
• sāma (conciliation)