Shloka 16

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच विदितं भवतामेतद्‌ यथा वृत्त: कुरुक्षय:

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca viditaṃ bhavatām etad yathā vṛttaḥ kurukṣayaḥ

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Dies ist euch bereits bekannt: wie die Vernichtung der Kurus geschah.“

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विदितम्: known
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवताम्: of you (honorific, plural)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वृत्तः: happened, occurred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुक्षयः: the destruction of the Kurus
• कुरुक्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kuru (clan)