Shloka 15

Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)

Devanagari script

कृपालुषु परिक्लेशान्‌ पाण्डवीयान्‌ प्रकीर्तयन्‌ । वृद्धेषु कुलधर्म च ब्रुवन्‌ पूर्वरनुछितम्‌

Transliteration

kṛpāluṣu parikleśān pāṇḍavīyān prakīrtayan | vṛddheṣu kuladharmaṃ ca bruvan pūrvaranucitam ||

Translation

দ্ৰুপদে কৃপাশীল স্বভাৱৰ পাণ্ডৱসকলে ভোগ কৰা ক্লেশসমূহ বৰ্ণনা কৰিলে আৰু বৃদ্ধসকলৰ সন্মুখত পুৰ্বকালৰ পৰা অনুষ্ঠিত কুলধৰ্মো ক’লে।

Word by Word

• कृपालुषु: among the compassionate (ones)
• कृपालुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपालु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• परिक्लेशान्: afflictions, hardships
• परिक्लेशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाण्डवीयान्: belonging to the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवीयान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवीय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रकीर्तयन्: recounting, proclaiming
• प्रकीर्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृद्धेषु: among the elders
• वृद्धेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• कुलधर्मम्: the family-duty, ancestral custom
• कुलधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ब्रुवन्: saying, speaking
• ब्रुवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• अनुचितम्: improper (thing/act)
• अनुचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुचित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

दुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Drupada
• Pāṇḍavas