Shloka 55

गदायुद्धप्रतिज्ञा — The Vow and Terms of the Mace Duel

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच आर्तप्रलापान्मा तात सलिलस्थ: प्रभाषिथा: । नैतन्मनसि मे राजन्‌ वाशितं शकुनेरिव

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ārta-pralāpān mā tāta salila-sthaḥ prabhāṣiṭhāḥ | na etan manasi me rājan vāśitaṃ śakuner iva ||

Translation

尤提士提罗说道：“亲者啊，莫在水中如困厄之人般语无伦次地哀号。大王，这些话在我心中全无意义可立——不过如群鸟啁啾。”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• आर्त-प्रलापान्: lamentations of the distressed
• आर्त-प्रलापान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्तप्रलाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• तात: dear one / son
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सलिल-स्थः: standing in water
• सलिल-स्थः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सलिलस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभाषिथाः: you have spoken / you speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Perfect, Second, Singular

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

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मनसि: in (my) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वाशितम्: chirping / twittering (sound)
• वाशितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाशित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनेः: of a bird
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इव: like / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• a king (rājan, addressed interlocutor)
• bird (śakuni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid crisis, one should avoid grief-driven, incoherent speech; words should be meaningful, restrained, and ethically grounded rather than mere emotional outbursts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira rebukes a king who is speaking while situated in water, telling him not to lament like a distressed person; he dismisses the king’s words as meaningless, comparing them to the chirping of birds.