Shloka 17

सुभद्राहरणम्

Subhadrā-haraṇa: Arjuna’s Taking of Subhadrā and the Dvārakā Assembly’s Response

Devanagari script

अनास्तिक्यं च सर्वेषामस्माकमपि रक्षणे | प्रतितिछेत लोके5स्मिन्नधर्मश्वैव नो भवेत्‌,“इसके सिवा लोकमें यह बात फैल जायगी कि हम सब लोग किसी आर्तकी रक्षारूप धर्मके पालनमें श्रद्धा नहीं रखते। साथ ही हमें अधर्म भी प्राप्तहोगा

Transliteration

anāstikyaṃ ca sarveṣām asmākam api rakṣaṇe | pratitiṣṭhet loke 'sminn adharmaś caiva no bhavet ||

Translation

而在这世间，将会被认定：我们所有人——即便在护佑前来求庇护之人这件事上——也对守护之责毫无信心。如此一来，不义（adharma）必定归于我们。

Word by Word

• अनास्तिक्यम्: lack of faith/irreligion
• अनास्तिक्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनास्तिक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अस्माकम्: of us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• रक्षणे: in (the matter of) protection
• रक्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतितिष्ठेत: would become established/spread
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अधर्मः: unrighteousness/sin
• अधर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नः: to us/for us
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative/Genitive, Plural

• भवेत्: would be/would arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana