Shloka 12

Adhyāya 92: Irāvanta-śoka, punaḥ-pravṛttiḥ saṅgrāmasya

Arjuna’s grief and the battle’s renewed intensity

Devanagari script

विदुरद्रोणभीष्माणां तथान्येषां हितैषिणाम्‌ । अकृत्वा वचन पथ्यं क्षयं गच्छन्ति कौरवा:,विदुर, द्रोण, भीष्म तथा अन्य हितैषियोंके हितकर वचनोंको न माननेके कारण इन कौरवोंका विनाश हो रहा है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vidura-droṇa-bhīṣmāṇāṃ tathā anyeṣāṃ hitaiṣiṇām | akṛtvā vacanaṃ pathyaṃ kṣayaṃ gacchanti kauravāḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Sapagkat hindi sinunod ng mga Kaurava ang payong makabubuti at nararapat nina Vidura, Droṇa, Bhīṣma, at ng iba pang may mabuting hangarin, ngayo’y patungo sila sa kapahamakan.

Word by Word

• विदुरद्रोणभीष्माणाम्: of Vidura, Drona and Bhishma
• विदुरद्रोणभीष्माणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर + द्रोण + भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• हितैषिणाम्: of well-wishers
• हितैषिणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हितैषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अकृत्वा: not having done; without doing (i.e., without following)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• वचनम्: the word/advice
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पथ्यम्: wholesome; beneficial
• पथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छन्ति: go; come to (reach)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गतौ)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कौरवाः: the Kauravas
• कौरवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Vidura
• Drona
• Bhishma
• Kauravas