Shloka 22

Jarāsandha as Obstacle to the Rājasūya — Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Genealogical Brief

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 13

Devanagari script

तस्य सम्राड्गुणाहस्य भवत:ः कुरुनन्दन । राजसूयस्य समयं मन्यन्ते सुहृदस्तव,“कुरुनन्दन! आप तो सम्राटके गुणोंको पानेके सर्वथा योग्य हैं; अतः आपके हितैषी सुहृद्‌ आपके द्वारा राजसूययज्ञके अनुष्ठानका यह उचित अवसर प्राप्त हुआ मानते हैं

Transliteration

tasya samrāḍ-guṇāhasya bhavataḥ kuru-nandana | rājasūyasya samayaṃ manyante suhṛdas tava ||

Translation

কুরুনন্দন! আপনি সম্রাটের গুণসমূহ লাভের সর্বতোভাবে যোগ্য; অতএব আপনার হিতৈষী সুহৃদগণ মনে করেন—আপনার দ্বারা রাজসূয় যজ্ঞ সম্পাদনের এটাই যথোচিত সময়।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/your
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सम्राट्-गुण-अर्हस्य: of (one) worthy of the qualities of an emperor
• सम्राट्-गुण-अर्हस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्राट् + गुण + अर्ह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भवतः: of you (honorific)
• भवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• कुरुनन्दन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजसूयस्य: of the Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• राजसूयस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समयम्: time/occasion
• समयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यन्ते: they think/consider
• मन्यन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• सुहृदः: friends/well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru-nandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Rājasūya (sacrifice)