Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वयं तु गुरवस्तुभ्यं तस्मात्‌ त्वां वारयामहे

Transliteration

vayaṃ tu guravas tubhyaṃ tasmāt tvāṃ vārayāmahe

Translation

لیکن ہم تمہارے بزرگ اور استاد ہیں؛ اسی لیے ہم تمہیں روکتے ہیں اور حق و دھرم کی خاطر باز رہنے کی تلقین کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

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

• गुरवः: elders/teachers
• गुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• वारयामहे: we restrain/forbid (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वृ, causative)
• Form: Present, First, Plural, Ātmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• you (addressee, unnamed in this half-verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Those who stand in the role of elders and teachers have a dharmic responsibility to restrain a younger person from harmful or unrighteous action; authority is exercised as protective guidance, not domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses someone younger or subordinate, asserting his status as an elder/teacher and therefore formally dissuading that person from a course of action—an intervention typical of the Udyoga Parva’s attempts to avert or regulate the impending conflict.