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Mahabharata
Arghyāharaṇa-parva (bhīṣma-āśvāsana) (Bhishma Encourages Yudhishthira)2.37.5–8
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Mahabharata · 2.37.5–8
॥
Devanāgarī

इत्य् उक्तवति धर्मज्ञे धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे ॥
उवाचेदं वचो भीष्मस् ततः कुरुपितामहः ॥
मा भैस् त्वं कुरुशार्दूल श्वा सिंहं हन्तुम् अर्हति ॥
शिवः पन्थाः सुनीतो ऽत्र मया पूर्वतरं वृतः ॥
प्रसुप्ते हि यथा सिंहे श्वानस् तत्र समागताः ॥
भषेयुः सहिताः सर्वे तथेमे वसुधाधिपाः ॥
वृष्णिसिंहस्य सुप्तस्य तथेमे प्रमुखे स्थिताः ॥
भषन्ते तात संक्रुद्धाः श्वानः सिंहस्य संनिधौ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ity uktavati dharmajñe dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire ||
uvācedaṃ vaco bhīṣmas tataḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||
mā bhais tvaṃ kuruśārdūla śvā siṃhaṃ hantum arhati ||
śivaḥ panthāḥ sunīto 'tra mayā pūrvataraṃ vṛtaḥ ||
prasupte hi yathā siṃhe śvānas tatra samāgatāḥ ||
bhaṣeyuḥ sahitāḥ sarve tatheme vasudhādhipāḥ ||
vṛṣṇisiṃhasya suptasya tatheme pramukhe sthitāḥ ||
bhaṣante tāta saṃkruddhāḥ śvānaḥ siṃhasya saṃnidhau ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
इत्य् उक्तवति धर्म-ज्ञेity uktavati dharma-jñewhen the knower of dharma had thus spoken,
धर्म-राजे युधिष्ठिरेdharma-rāje yudhiṣṭhireDharmaraja Yudhishthira,
उवाच इदं वचो भीष्मस्uvāca idaṃ vaco bhīṣmasBhishma spoke this word,
ततः कुरु-पितामहःtataḥ kuru-pitāmahaḥthe grandsire of the Kurus:
मा भैस् त्वं कुरु-शार्दूलmā bhais tvaṃ kuru-śārdūla"Do not fear, O tiger among the Kurus:
श्वा सिंहं हन्तुम् अर्हतिśvā siṃhaṃ hantum arhatican a dog possibly slay a lion?
शिवः पन्थाः सु-नीतो अत्रśivaḥ panthāḥ su-nīto atraan auspicious path, rightly charted, here
मया पूर्वतरं वृतःmayā pūrvataraṃ vṛtaḥwas chosen by me long ago;
प्रसुप्ते हि यथा सिंहेprasupte hi yathā siṃhefor just as around a sleeping lion
श्वानस् तत्र समागताःśvānas tatra samāgatāḥdogs, gathering there,
भषेयुः सहिताः सर्वेbhaṣeyuḥ sahitāḥ sarvewould all bark together,
तथा इमे वसुधा-अधिपाःtathā ime vasudhā-adhipāḥso too do these lords of the earth;
वृष्णि-सिंहस्य सुप्तस्यvṛṣṇi-siṃhasya suptasyaaround the sleeping lion of the Vrishnis
तथा इमे प्रमुखे स्थिताःtathā ime pramukhe sthitāḥso these, standing before [him],
भषन्ते तात संक्रुद्धाःbhaṣante tāta saṃkruddhāḥbark, O dear one, enraged,
श्वानः सिंहस्य संनिधौśvānaḥ siṃhasya saṃnidhau[like] dogs near a lion."
धर्मज्ञेdharmajñeoriginal form "dharmajñe", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मराजेdharmarājeoriginal form "dharmarāje", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उवाचेदंuvācedaṃoriginal form "uvācedaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुरुपितामहःkurupitāmahaḥoriginal form "kurupitāmahaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुरुशार्दूलkuruśārdūlaoriginal form "kuruśārdūla", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुनीतोsunītooriginal form "sunīto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽत्र'traoriginal form "'tra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथेमेtathemeoriginal form "tatheme", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसुधाधिपाःvasudhādhipāḥoriginal form "vasudhādhipāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृष्णिसिंहस्यvṛṣṇisiṃhasyaoriginal form "vṛṣṇisiṃhasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथेमेtathemeoriginal form "tatheme", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

When the knower of dharma, Dharmaraja Yudhishthira, had thus spoken, Bhishma, grandsire of the Kurus, spoke this word: "Do not fear, O tiger among the Kurus: can a dog possibly slay a lion? An auspicious and rightly charted path was chosen by me here long ago. Just as dogs, gathering around a sleeping lion, would all bark together, so too do these lords of the earth. Around the sleeping lion of the Vrishnis, these, standing before him, bark, enraged, O dear one — dogs near a lion."

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