Shloka 51
कण्वोपदेशः—नश्वरबलविवेकः तथा मातलिगुणकेश्याः आख्यानारम्भः
Kaṇva’s Counsel on Impermanent Power; Opening of the Mātali–Guṇakeśī Narrative
Devanagari script
अथ चेन्मन्यसे श्रेयो न मे भेदो भवेदिति । प्रशाम्य भरतश्रेष्ठ मा च युद्धे मन: कृथा:
Transliteration
atha cen manyase śreyo na me bhedo bhaved iti | praśāmya bharataśreṣṭha mā ca yuddhe manaḥ kṛthāḥ ||
Translation
若你以为最善者，是不与我决裂，那么，噢婆罗多族中至上者，当安定其心，莫使意念趋向战争。
Word by Word
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
मन्यसेyou think/consider
मन्यसे:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormLat, Atmanepada, 2, singular, present indicative
श्रेयःthe better course; welfare
श्रेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मेof me; my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
भेदःdivision; dissension
भेदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभेद
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
भवेत्might be; would occur
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormVidhi-lin, Parasmaipada, 3, singular, optative
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रशाम्यhaving calmed down; being appeased
प्रशाम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-शम्
Formabsolutive (ktvā/lyap), ल्यप्, active (sense), having become calm/appeased
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
Formprohibitive particle (with injunctive/imperative sense)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
युद्धेin battle/war
युद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
Formneuter, locative, singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कृथाःmake; set (your mind)
कृथाः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormLot, Parasmaipada, 2, singular, imperative, Vedic/epic imperative form used with prohibitive मा
Speaker
राम उवाच
Characters & Entities
R
Rama (speaker)B
Bharata lineage (addressed as 'bharataśreṣṭha')W
War (yuddha)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Choose the course that prevents a breach and restrain the mind from rushing toward violence; ethical clarity here is expressed as self-control and preference for reconciliation over war.
Rama addresses a Bharata noble, proposing that if maintaining unity and avoiding estrangement is deemed best, the listener should calm down and abandon the intention to pursue war.