Shloka 7

धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Bala

Devanagari script

न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्य इति त्वां प्राह धर्मराट्‌ । संस्मृत्य भीमस्तद्वैरं यदन्‍्यायवदाचरत्‌

Transliteration

na ca manyus tvayā kārya iti tvāṃ prāha dharmarāṭ | saṃsmṛtya bhīmas tad-vairaṃ yad anyāyavad ācarat |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“法王曾这样对你说：‘你不可动怒。’因为毗摩忆起旧日仇怨，有时对你行事似乎不公；为此，你不应向他发怒。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• मन्युः: anger
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you / for you (to have)
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्यः: to be done; to be undertaken (necessary)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• प्राह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मराट्: the king of dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संस्मृत्य: having remembered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्मृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यायवत्: unjustly; as if unjust
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यायवत्

• आचरत्: behaved; acted
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes restraint of anger and compassionate forbearance: even if someone acts unjustly due to old hostility, one should not respond with wrath, especially when guided by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) counsels the addressed person not to be angry with Bhīma, explaining that Bhīma’s occasional harshness arises from remembering past enmity.