Shloka 16

भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash

Devanagari script

उक्तोडसि बहुशो राजन्‌ नारदाद्यर्महर्षिभि: । त्वं तु मोहान्न जानीषे वाच्यावाच्यं सुयोधन

Transliteration

ukto ’si bahuśo rājan nāradādyair maharṣibhiḥ | tvaṃ tu mohān na jānīṣe vācyāvācyaṃ suyodhana ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, maraming ulit nang sinabi sa iyo ito ng mga dakilang rishi—si Nārada at iba pa. Ngunit dahil sa pagkalito, O Suyodhana, hindi mo natitiyak kung alin ang dapat sabihin at alin ang hindi dapat sabihin.”

Word by Word

• उक्तः: said/told
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (√वच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• बहुशः: many times/often
• बहुशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस्

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

• नारदाद्यैः: by Narada and others
• नारदाद्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारदादि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महर्षिभिः: by great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

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

• मोहात्: from delusion; due to delusion
• मोहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• जानीषे: you know/understand
• जानीषे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• वाच्य: what should be said
• वाच्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाच्य (√वच्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाच्यम्: what should not be said
• अवाच्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवाच्य (√वच्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुयोधन: O Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nārada
• Maharṣis (great sages)
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Rājan (the king—addressed person)