Shloka 22

Virāṭanagara-nivāsa-nirṇaya

Decision to Reside in Virāṭa’s City

Devanagari script

न दुःखमुचितं किज्चिद्‌ राजन्‌ वेद यथा जन: । स इमामापदं प्राप्प कथं घोरां तरिष्यसि,राजन! साधारण मनुष्योंकी भाँति आपको किसी प्रकारके दुःखका अनुभव हो, यह उचित नहीं है; अतः इस घोर आपत्तिमें पड़कर आप कैसे इसके पार होंगे?

Transliteration

na duḥkham ucitaṁ kiñcid rājan veda yathā janaḥ | sa imām āpadaṁ prāpya kathaṁ ghorāṁ tariṣyasi rājan ||

Translation

阿周那说道：“噢，大王，你不该像凡人那样承受忧苦。既已陷入这可怖的灾难，你将如何渡过它、超越它呢，噢，大王？”

Word by Word

nanot

duḥkhamsorrow, suffering

ucitamproper, fitting

kiñcitanything, at all

rājanO king

vedaknows, understands

yathāas, like

janaḥa person, people (in general)

saḥhe

imāmthis (f.)

āpadamcalamity, distress

prāpyahaving obtained, having reached

kathamhow?

ghorāmterrible, dreadful

tariṣyasiyou will cross over, you will get through

rājanO king

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

King (rājan)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes