Shloka 27

Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris

Udyoga-parva 94

Devanagari script

तैरेवोपार्जितां भूमिं भोक्ष्यसे च परंतप । यदि सम्पत्स्यसे पुत्रै: सहामात्यैर्नराधिप

Transliteration

tairevopārjitāṃ bhūmiṃ bhokṣyase ca paraṃtapa | yadi sampatsyase putraiḥ sahāmātyair narādhipa ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—হে শত্রুদমনকারী নৃপতি! যদি তুমি মন্ত্রীদেরসহ তোমার পুত্রদের সঙ্গে ঐক্যে বাস করো, তবে তাদেরই অর্জিত এই পৃথিবীর রাজ্য তুমি ভোগ করবে।

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• उपार्जिताम्: acquired/earned
• उपार्जिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपार्जित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भूमिम्: the earth/kingdom
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भोक्ष्यसे: you will enjoy/possess
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2, Singular, Ātmanepada

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

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• सम्पत्स्यसे: you will come together/agree
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पुत्रैः: with (your) sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अमात्यैः: with ministers/counsellors
• अमात्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नराधिप: O king/lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• narādhipa (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)
• putrāḥ (sons: Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas in the broader narrative)
• amātyāḥ (ministers/counsellors)
• bhūmi (the kingdom/earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler preserves and rightfully enjoys sovereignty through unity with his heirs and through ministerial counsel. The verse frames reconciliation as both pragmatic statecraft and a dharmic duty: the kingdom secured by collective effort should be sustained by concord, not fractured by rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates counsel directed to the king: if he settles differences and lives in harmony with his sons, supported by ministers, he will continue to enjoy the realm that those sons have effectively secured. It is a warning against internal division on the eve of escalating conflict.