Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अवध्यानां वध पश्यन्‌ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । निःश्वसन्‌ भीमसेनं च विजयं चेदमब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

avadhyānāṁ vadhaṁ paśyan dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | niḥśvasan bhīmasenaṁ ca vijayaṁ cedam abravīt ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：见到那些本不该被杀之人遭到屠戮，护持法度的尤提士提罗王长叹一声，遂对毗摩塞那与维阇耶说道。

Word by Word

• अवध्यानाम्: of those who should not be slain / of the unslayable
• अवध्यानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वधम्: slaying, killing
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मराजः: Dharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• निःश्वसन्: sighing, breathing heavily
• निःश्वसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-श्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विजयम्: Vijaya (a person named Vijaya)
• विजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Vijaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when conflict seems unavoidable, dharma demands discernment about who may be harmed; Yudhiṣṭhira’s sigh signals that righteous leadership includes moral accountability and grief over transgression, not mere pursuit of victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports Yudhiṣṭhira witnessing the killing of those deemed ‘avadhya’ (not fit to be slain). Distressed, he sighs and addresses Bhīma and a figure named Vijaya, preparing to give counsel or a response shaped by ethical concern.