Shloka 12

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

न ते श्रुतमिदं भीष्म नूनं कथयतां सताम्‌ | यद्‌ वक्ष्ये त्वामधर्मज्ञं वाक्यं कुरुकुलाधम,कुरुकुलाधम भीष्म! तुम धर्मको बिलकुल नहीं जानते। मैं तुमसे धर्मकी जो बात कहूँगा, वह तुमने संत-महात्माओंके मुखसे भी नहीं सुनी होगी

Transliteration

na te śrutam idaṃ bhīṣma nūnaṃ kathayatāṃ satām | yad vakṣye tvām adharmajñaṃ vākyaṃ kurukulādhama ||

Translation

尸输波罗说道：“毗湿摩啊，你必定从未从贤善之人口中听过此言。我将对你——这不知法者——说出足以玷辱俱卢（Kuru）族的言辞。”

Word by Word

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

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard (thing); what is heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत (√श्रु)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्म: O Bhishma
• भीष्म: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• कथयताम्: of those who speak/tell
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथयत् (√कथय्/√कथ्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous (people)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वक्ष्ये: I shall say/speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular

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

• अधर्मज्ञम्: knower of adharma / one who does not know dharma (contextual)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुकुलाधम: O lowest of the Kuru clan
• कुरुकुलाधम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुकुलाधम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śiśupāla
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru-kula (Kuru dynasty)