Shloka 58
Devanagari script
मृगराजं हितैर्वाक्यै: सम्बोधयितुमागमत् | पुत्र नैतत् त्वया ग्राह्मूं कपटारम्भसंयुतम्
Transliteration
mṛgarājaṃ hitair vākyaiḥ sambodhayitum āgamat | putra naitat tvayā grāhyaṃ kapaṭārambhasaṃyutam |
Translation
وہ مِرگ راج (شیر) کے پاس خیرخواہانہ باتوں سے سمجھانے آئی—“بیٹے! اسے قبول نہ کرنا؛ اس کی ابتدا ہی فریب سے جڑی ہے، اس میں دغا کی تدبیر پوشیدہ ہے۔”
Word by Word
मृगराजम्the lion (king of beasts)
मृगराजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृगराज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
हितैःwith beneficial (words)
हितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootहित
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
वाक्यैःwith words/speeches
वाक्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
सम्बोधयितुम्to address/awaken (to speak to)
सम्बोधयितुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+बुध्
FormTumun (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage)
आगमत्came/approached
आगमत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ+गम्
FormImperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
ग्राह्यम्to be accepted/should be taken
ग्राह्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
Formयत् (gerundive/future passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (sense)
कपटारम्भसंयुतम्connected with a deceitful undertaking
कपटारम्भसंयुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकपटारम्भसंयुत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
M
mṛgarāja (lion)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Do not accept proposals or gifts whose very outset is rooted in deception; ethical discernment requires judging the intention and origin of an action, not merely its outward form.
A speaker approaches the ‘mṛgarāja’ (lion) to admonish him with beneficial counsel, warning him—addressed as ‘son’—not to take something that is connected with a deceitful scheme.