Shloka 7

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

स हि वीर: प्रयास्यन्‌ वै धर्मराजेन वारितः । हतबान्धवा न ते पार्थ हन्तव्या: पार्थिवा इति

Transliteration

sa hi vīraḥ prayāsyan vai dharmarājena vāritaḥ | hatabāndhavā na te pārtha hantavyāḥ pārthivā iti ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：当英雄阿周那将要出发时，法王由提施提罗拦住他，说道：“噢，帕尔塔，你不可杀那些在战争中已失去兄弟亲族的诸王。”此言彰显战后之义：当以克制为德，不再向已因俱卢之野而蒙丧痛的君主增添血债。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वीरः: hero/warrior
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयास्यन्: setting out/going forth
• प्रयास्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (या धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• धर्मराजेन: by Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वारितः: restrained/forbidden
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारि (√वृ/√वार् causative sense 'to restrain')
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतबान्धवाः: those whose kinsmen are slain
• हतबान्धवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-बान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हन्तव्याः: to be slain/should be killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligatory passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थिवाः: kings
• पार्थिवाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus/quoting
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pārtha (epithet of Arjuna)
• Pārthiva (kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even for a victorious warrior, dharma may require restraint: those already devastated by war (bereaved rulers) should not be targeted again, emphasizing compassion and the prevention of needless violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Arjuna prepares to depart on a mission, Yudhiṣṭhira stops him and instructs him not to kill kings whose brothers and relatives have already been slain in the Kurukṣetra war.