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Shloka 11

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition

पितामहस्य द्रोणस्य विदुरस्थ च धीमत:ः । ब्राह्मणानां च साधूनां राज्ञश्ष नगरस्य च

pitāmahasya droṇasya vidurasya ca dhīmataḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sādhūnāṃ rājñaś ca nagarasya ca ||

যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—হে রাজন! পিতামহ ভীষ্ম, দ্রোণ, প্রজ্ঞাবান বিদুর, সাধুজন ও ব্রাহ্মণগণ, এবং রাজা ও নগরবাসীদের সম্মুখেই—আপনি দানশীল, মৃদুস্বভাব, মন ও ইন্দ্রিয়সংযমী, স্বভাবত ধর্মপরায়ণ ও সর্বহিতৈষী হয়েও—নিষ্ঠুর দুর্যোধন পাশাখেলায় ছল করে আপনাকে প্রতারিত করে সর্বস্ব হরণ করেছিল। আর সেই কুকর্মের জন্য আজও তার লজ্জা জাগে না।

पितामहस्यof the grandsire (Bhishma)
पितामहस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
द्रोणस्यof Drona
द्रोणस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
विदुरस्यof Vidura
विदुरस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविदुर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
धीमतःof the wise one
धीमतः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
ब्राह्मणानाम्of the Brahmins
ब्राह्मणानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
साधूनाम्of the virtuous (good people)
साधूनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसाधु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नगरस्यof the city
नगरस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootनगर
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Bhīṣma (pitāmaha)
D
Droṇa
V
Vidura
B
Brāhmaṇas
S
Sādhus
K
King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by context)
C
Citizens of the city (nagara)

Educational Q&A

Public wrongdoing becomes graver when committed before elders, teachers, and the civic community; ethical failure is not only the act of deceit but also the absence of shame and accountability afterward. The passage contrasts the victim’s virtues (self-control, generosity, dharma) with the perpetrator’s shameless fraud.

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations, Yudhiṣṭhira recalls the earlier dice-game injustice: Duryodhana cheated and dispossessed them in full view of Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Vidura, respected brāhmaṇas, the king, and the citizens—highlighting both the court’s moral collapse and Duryodhana’s continued lack of remorse.