Shloka 10

Devanagari script

मनोरथद्रुमो5स्माकं चिन्तितो बहुवार्षिक:

Transliteration

manorathadrumo 'smākaṃ cintito bahuvārṣikaḥ

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—আমাৰ সেই মনোৰথ-কল্পবৃক্ষ, যাক আমি বহু বছৰ ধৰি মনতে চিন্তা কৰি আহিছিলোঁ, এতিয়া যেন লাভযোগ্য বুলি প্ৰতিভাত হৈছে।

Word by Word

• मनोरथद्रुमः: the wish-fulfilling tree (tree of desires)
• मनोरथद्रुमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• चिन्तितः: thought of / desired / contemplated
• चिन्तितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुवार्षिकः: of many years / long-standing
• बहुवार्षिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुवार्षिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the metaphor of a ‘wish-fulfilling tree’ to show how long-nurtured desires can dominate judgment; ethically, it hints that success pursued over many years may still be morally fraught if rooted in adharma, especially in the context of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a surge of confidence on the Kaurava side: a long-cherished objective now seems within reach, expressed through the image of a long-awaited, desire-granting tree.