Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कृतं भवद्धि: सदृशमनुरूपमिवात्मन:

Transliteration

kṛtaṃ bhavaddhiḥ sadṛśam anurūpam ivātmanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Việc đã làm quả thật hợp với sự phán đoán của bệ hạ—đúng mực và thích đáng, như thể hoàn toàn hòa hợp với chính bản tính của người.”

Word by Word

• कृतम्: done; accomplished (act/deed)
• कृतम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवत्: of you
• भवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सदृशम्: similar; befitting
• सदृशम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुरूपम्: conforming; appropriate
• अनुरूपम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if; like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आत्मनः: of oneself; of the self
• आत्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Actions should accord with one’s discernment and inner character; what is ethically ‘fitting’ (anurūpa) is that which aligns with sound judgment (dhiḥ) and one’s true nature (ātman).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports and evaluates an action just taken, affirming to his listener that it was appropriate and consistent with the person’s own judgment and disposition.