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Shloka 5

Adhyāya 48 — Duryodhana’s Account of Tribute and the Provisioned Court (सभा पर्व, अध्याय ४८)

(अजित: सो<पि सर्वरहिं सदेवासुरमानुषै: । तत्तेजसा प्रवृद्धोडसौ तत्र का परिदेवना ।।

ajitaḥ so 'pi sarvarahiṃ sadevāsuramānuṣaiḥ | tat-tejasā pravṛddho 'sau tatra kā paridevanā || labdhaśnānābhibhūtārthaḥ pitryo 'ṃśaḥ pṛthivīpate | vivṛddhas tejasā teṣāṃ tatra kā paridevanā pṛthivīpate ||

قال دوريودhana: «حتى هو—شري كريشنا—لا يُقهَر، ولو اجتمعت عليه الآلهةُ والأسورا والبشرُ جميعًا. وبقوة إشراقه وبهائه ارتقى الملك يودهيشثيرا إلى الازدهار؛ فأيُّ داعٍ للنواح في ذلك؟ يا سيّد الأرض، إنّ الباندافا، ثابتين على مقصدهم مواظبين على السعي، قد نالوا نصيبهم الموروث من المملكة؛ وقد ازداد ذلك الميراث اليوم ازديادًا عظيمًا بقوتهم المتحالفة—فلمَ الحزن عليه، أيها الملك؟»

अजितःunconquered, invincible
अजितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअजित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सर्वैःby all
सर्वैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
सुर-असुर-मानुषैःby gods, demons, and humans
सुर-असुर-मानुषैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुर/असुर/मानुष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तत्-तेजसाby his splendor/power
तत्-तेजसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + तेजस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
प्रवृद्धःgrown, increased
प्रवृद्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + वृध् (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असौthis/that (person), he
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere, in that matter
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
काwhat?
का:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
परिदेवनाlamentation, grieving
परिदेवना:
TypeNoun
Rootपरिदेवना
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

दुर्योधन उवाच

D
Duryodhana
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
P
Pāṇḍavas
D
Devas
A
Asuras
H
Humans (mānuṣas)
K
King (pṛthivīpati)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames success and political ascendancy as arising from superior power and alliances—especially divine-backed tejas—and argues that lamentation is futile when outcomes follow from such forces; it urges acceptance of reality rather than grief.

Duryodhana comments on the Pāṇḍavas’ rise—attributed to Kṛṣṇa’s unconquerable power—and tells the king (addressed as pṛthivīpati) that since they have secured and expanded their ancestral share through steadfast effort and strong support, there is no point in mourning it.