Shloka 10

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 27 — Saṃjaya’s Counsel on Dharma, Desire, and the Non-Perishing of Karma

Devanagari script

यदि हाहं विसृजन्‌ साम गहाों नियुध्यमानो यदि जहां स्वधर्मम्‌ । महायशा: केशवस्तद्‌ ब्रवीतु वासुदेवस्तूभयोरर्थकाम:

Transliteration

yadi hāhaṁ visṛjan sāma gāḍhaṁ niyudhyamāno yadi jahyāṁ svadharmam | mahāyaśāḥ keśavas tad bravītu vāsudevas tūbhayor arthakāmaḥ ||

Translation

یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا—اگر میں صلح و مفاہمت کی راہ چھوڑ کر ہولناک جنگ میں اتر آؤں اور یوں اپنے سْوَدھرم سے پھر جاؤں، تو بلندنام کیشو مجھے حق بات بتائیں۔ واسودیو دونوں فریقوں کی بھلائی چاہتے ہیں؛ وہی ہمارے لیے فلاح کا راستہ بیان کریں۔

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• हा: alas! (interjection)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• विसृजन्: releasing, letting go
• विसृजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विसृज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• साम: conciliation, peaceful policy
• साम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गहाम्: depths; difficult straits (lit. deep places)
• गहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गहा
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• नियुध्यमानः: fighting, engaging in battle
• नियुध्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युध्
• Form: शानच् (present middle participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• जहाम्: I abandon, I give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: present (lat), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• स्वधर्मम्: one's own duty
• स्वधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महायशाः: the greatly renowned
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ब्रवीतु: let him say, let him declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: imperative (lot), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• उभयोः: of both (alternatives/sides)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, dual

• अर्थकामः: desirous of what is beneficial/meaningful (seeking the right course)
• अर्थकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थकाम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• svadharma
• sāma (conciliation)