Shloka 18

Hiḍimbā’s Account and the Bhīma–Hiḍimba Engagement (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १४२)

Devanagari script

समा हि कौरवेयाणां वयं ते चैव पुत्रक । नैते विषममिच्छेयुर्थर्मयुक्ता मनस्विन:,बेटा! इन सभी कुरुवंशियोंके लिये हमलोग और पाण्डव समान हैं। ये धर्मपरायण मनस्वी महापुरुष उनके प्रति विषम व्यवहार करना नहीं चाहेंगे

Transliteration

samā hi kauraveyāṇāṃ vayaṃ te caiva putraka | naite viṣamam iccheyur dharmayuktā manasvinaḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Mein Sohn, für alle Nachkommen Kurus sind wir und die Söhne Pāṇḍus gleichermaßen lieb und gleichermaßen die Unsrigen. Jene hochgesinnten Männer, im Dharma standhaft, werden nicht wünschen, ihnen gegenüber parteiisch oder ungerecht zu handeln.“

Word by Word

• समाः: equal
• समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कौरवेयाणाम्: of the Kauravas (Kuru-descendants)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरवेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• पुत्रक: O son/dear boy
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एते: these (people)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विषमम्: unequal treatment/partiality
• विषमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छेयुः: would wish/desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धर्मयुक्ताः: endowed with dharma/righteous
• धर्मयुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनस्विनः: high-minded/spirited
• मनस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kauravas (Kuru lineage)
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
• Kuru (ancestor, implied by 'kauraveya')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma as impartiality: noble, dharma-guided persons should not desire unequal or biased treatment within the same family line; justice must be even-handed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses his son affectionately and argues that both branches of the Kuru family—his own and the Pāṇḍavas—are equally related, implying that righteous elders would not support discriminatory conduct against the Pāṇḍavas.