Shloka 28

Tilottamā, Sunda–Upasunda, and the Pāṇḍava Samaya (Ādi Parva 204)

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा च जीवत: पार्थान्‌ पौरजानपदा जना: । बलवदू दर्शने हृष्टास्तेषां राजन्‌ प्रियं कुरू,कुन्तीके पुत्रोंकी जीवित सुनकर नगर और जनपदके सभी लोग उन्हें देखनेके लिये अत्यन्त उत्सुक हो रहे हैं। राजन! उन सबका प्रिय कीजिये

Transliteration

śrutvā ca jīvataḥ pārthān paurajānapadā janāḥ | balavadū darśane hṛṣṭās teṣāṃ rājan priyaṃ kuru ||

Translation

قال فيدورا: «لما سمع الناس أن أبناء پṛthā (الباندافا) أحياء، اضطرب أهل المدينة وأهل القرى من حولها فرحًا، واشتد شوقهم إلى رؤيتهم. أيها الملك، امنحهم ما هو عزيز عليهم—دعهم ينالون تلك الرؤية وتمام الرضا.»

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

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

• जीवत: alive (as being alive)
• जीवत: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: masculine, accusative, dual

• पार्थान्: the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• पौर: townsmen/citizens
• पौर: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जानपदा: country-folk (people of the districts)
• जानपदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानपद
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जना: people
• जना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• बलवत्: strongly, intensely
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: neuter (adverbial use), accusative, singular

• दर्शने: in seeing / at the sight
• दर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• हृष्टा: delighted, thrilled
• हृष्टा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• प्रियम्: what is pleasing / a favor
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कुरु: do / grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Kuntī (implied by 'sons of Pṛthā')
• the King (addressed as rājan)
• citizens (paurāḥ)
• people of the countryside (jānapadāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king should heed the feelings of his people and act for their welfare; granting a rightful, harmless public desire—such as seeing beloved princes believed lost—strengthens trust and aligns rulership with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

News spreads that the Pāṇḍavas are alive. The citizens and rural populace become intensely eager to see them. Vidura urges the king to please the people by allowing that meeting/appearance.