Shloka 28

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

अप्रियो य: पुरुषो निष्ठुरो हि क्षुद्र: क्षेप्ता क्षमिणश्नाक्षमावान्‌

Transliteration

apriyo yaḥ puruṣo niṣṭhuro hi kṣudraḥ kṣeptā kṣamiṇo 'kṣamāvān

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ang taong kasuklam-suklam, tunay na malupit at hamak—yaong sanay maghagis ng pang-iinsulto—bagama’t wari’y ‘matiisin’, sa katotohanan ay hindi marunong magpatawad.”

Word by Word

• अप्रियः: unpleasant, disagreeable
• अप्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: man, person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निष्ठुरः: harsh, cruel
• निष्ठुरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्ठुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• क्षुद्रः: mean, petty, base
• क्षुद्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षेप्ता: reviler, one who throws abuse
• क्षेप्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेप्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षमिणः: of the patient/forbearing person
• क्षमिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• क्षमावान्: forbearing, patient
• क्षमावान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षमावत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya