Shloka 39

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

उक्तो5हं बहुशस्तात विदुरेण महात्मना । न जीवन दास्यते भागं धार्तराष्ट्रस्तु मानद,“अच्युत! मैं समझता हूँ, यह अब भी हमें अपना राज्य नहीं देगा। तात! महात्मा विदुरने मुझसे अनेक बार कहा है कि “मानद! दुर्योधन जीते-जी राज्यका भाग नहीं लौटायेगा

Transliteration

ukto ’haṃ bahuśas tāta vidureṇa mahātmanā | na jīvan dāsyate bhāgaṃ dhārtarāṣṭras tu mānada ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: «يا سيدي، لقد قال لي فيدورا العظيم النفس مرارًا: ‘يا واهب الشرف، إن ابن دريتاراشترا لن يعطي، ما دام حيًّا، أيَّ نصيبٍ (من المملكة).’»

Word by Word

उक्तःhaving been told / addressed

अहम्I

बहुशःmany times

तातO dear one / O father (term of address)

विदुरेणby Vidura

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

नnot

जीवन्while living / alive

दास्यतेwill give

भागम्a share / portion

धार्तराष्ट्रःthe son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

तुbut / indeed

मानदO giver of honor (epithet; vocative)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Vidura

Dhritarashtra (by patronymic implication in dhārtarāṣṭra)

Duryodhana (intended by dhārtarāṣṭra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Repeated wise counsel can still fail against entrenched pride and greed: Vidura foresees that Duryodhana will not yield even a rightful share, highlighting the ethical collapse that makes conflict unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to his listener that Vidura had long warned him: Duryodhana (as ‘Dhritarashtra’s son’) would never, while alive, grant the Pandavas any portion of the kingdom—framing the futility of negotiation.