Shloka 4

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

Devanagari script

0 | ॥॥ पितामह विजानीषे पार्थेषु विजयं कथम्‌ । नाहं भवति न द्रोणे न कृपे न च बाह्वलिके

Transliteration

pitāmaha vijānīṣe pārtheṣu vijayaṃ katham | nāhaṃ bhavati na droṇe na kṛpe na ca bāhvalike ||

Translation

قال دوريوذانا: «يا جدّي، إنك لتعلم كيف يمكن أن يؤول الظفر إلى أبناء باندو. أمّا أنا فلن يكون لي ذلك—لا بدروṇa، ولا بكṛپا، ولا حتى بباهڤاليكا.»

Word by Word

• पितामह: O grandsire
• पितामह: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विजानीषे: you know / you understand
• विजानीषे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Present, 2, Singular, Atmanepada

• पार्थेषु: among the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: is / happens / becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• द्रोणे: in/with Droṇa
• द्रोणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कृपे: in/with Kṛpa
• कृपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• बाह्वलिके: in/with Bāhvalika
• बाह्वलिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्वलिक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Pāṇḍavas (Pārthas)
• Droṇa
• Kṛpa
• Bāhvalīka