Shloka 9

धृतराष्ट्राश्रमगमनम् — The Pandavas’ Procession to Dhritarashtra’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

पाण्डुंं मरुदगणाद्‌ विद्धि विशिष्टतममच्युतम्‌ । धर्मस्यांशो5भवत्‌ क्षत्ता राजा चैव युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

pāṇḍuṁ marudagaṇād viddhi viśiṣṭatamam acyutam | dharmasyāṁśo 'bhavat kṣattā rājā caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

ব্যাস বললেন—পাণ্ডুকে মরুদ্গণের মধ্যে সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ, অচ্যুত বীর্যসম্পন্ন বলে জানো। ক্ষত্তা বিদুর ছিলেন ধর্মের অংশ, এবং রাজা যুধিষ্ঠিরও ধর্মেরই অংশ।

Word by Word

• पाण्डुम्: Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मरुद्गणात्: from the host of Maruts
• मरुद्गणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुद्गण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• विद्धि: know (you)
• विद्धि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विशिष्टतमम्: most distinguished
• विशिष्टतमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्टतम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta (Krishna)
• अच्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of Dharma
• धर्मस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अंशः: a portion/part
• अंशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षत्ता: the chamberlain/minister (Vidura)
• क्षत्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Pāṇḍu
• Maruts (Marud-gaṇa)
• Dharma
• Vidura (Kṣattā)
• Yudhiṣṭhira