Shloka 3

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

अनुग्राह्मया वयं नूनं भवतामिति मे मति: । यदेवं गुणसम्पन्नानस्मान्‌ ब्रूथ विमत्सरा:

Transliteration

anugrāhyā vayam nūnaṁ bhavatām iti me matiḥ | yad evaṁ guṇasampannān asmān brūtha vimatsarāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sagte: „Gewiss ist es eure Gnade, die uns eurer Achtung würdig macht — davon bin ich überzeugt. Denn ihr, frei von Neid, sprecht in dieser Weise zu uns und behandelt uns, als wären wir mit guten Eigenschaften ausgestattet.“

Word by Word

• अनुग्राह्याः: to be favored / deserving of favor
• अनुग्राह्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग्राह्य (अनु + √ग्रह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नूनम्: surely / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

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

• इति: thus / that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मे: my / of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मतिः: thought / opinion
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: since / because
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• एवम्: thus / in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• गुणसम्पन्नान्: endowed with virtues
• गुणसम्पन्नान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणसम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रूथ: you say / you speak (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Present, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• विमत्सराः: free from envy
• विमत्सराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमत्सर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical speech rooted in vimatsaratā (freedom from envy) and the humility of attributing honor and recognition to the listener’s kindness (anugraha), not to one’s own merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana acknowledges the interlocutors’ gracious, non-envious manner of addressing him and his group as virtuous, interpreting their respectful words as an act of favor and goodwill.