Shloka 1

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

अफ--रू- दशमो< ध्याय: प्रजाकी ओरसे साम्ब नामक ब्राह्मणका धृतराष्ट्रको सान्त्वनापूर्ण उत्तर देना वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तास्तु ते तेन पौरजानपदा जना: । वृद्धेन राज्ञा कौरव्य नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktās tu te tena paurajānapadā janāḥ | vṛddhena rājñā kauravya naṣṭasaṃjñā ivābhavan ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: هكذا لما خاطبهم بذلك، يا منحدرَ الكورو، أصاب أهلُ المدينة وأهلُ الريف ذهولٌ كأنهم فاقدو الوعي من كلمات الملك الشيخ.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्ताः: having been addressed / spoken to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पौराः: townsmen/citizens
• पौराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जानपदाः: countryfolk/people of the realm
• जानपदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वृद्धेन: by the aged (one)
• वृद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नष्टसंज्ञाः: having lost consciousness/sense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्टसंज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभवन्: became/were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kauravya (addressee, Kuru descendant)
• the aged king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by context)
• paurāḥ (townspeople)
• jānapadāḥ (country people)