Shloka 17

Vidura’s Recall from Kāmyaka-vana and Reconciliation with Dhṛtarāṣṭra (विदुरानयनम् / क्षमायाचनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रियं सर्वे करिष्यामो राज्ञ: किड्करपाणय: । न चास्य शवनुमः स्थातु प्रिये सर्वे हमृतन्द्रिता:,“हम सब लोग राजा दुर्योधनके किंकर और भुजाएँ हैं; अतः हम सब मिलकर इनका प्रिय कार्य करेंगे; परंतु हम आलस्य छोड़कर इनके प्रियसाधनमें लग नहीं पाते

Transliteration

priyaṁ sarve kariṣyāmo rājñaḥ kiṅkarapāṇayaḥ | na cāsya śaknumaḥ sthātuṁ priye sarve ’mṛtandritāḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «نحن جميعًا خَدَمُ الملك—بل نحن يداه وذراعاه. لذلك سنجتمع على فعل ما يرضيه. غير أننا لا نستطيع أن نثبت على السعي لإنجاز غايته المنشودة، لأن الكسل قد غلبنا جميعًا.»

Word by Word

priyamwhat is dear/pleasing

sarveall (of us)

kariṣyāmaḥwe will do

rājñaḥof the king

kiṅkaraservants

pāṇayaḥhands (arms)

nanot

caand

asyaof him/this (king)

śaknumaḥwe are able

sthātumto stand / to remain / to be engaged

priyein (his) dear task / in what is pleasing

sarveall (of us)

amṛta-indritāḥsluggish/indolent (lit. with senses dulled as if by nectar)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

the king (rājā; contextually Duryodhana in the given gloss)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes