Shloka 7

दुर्योधनस्य लज्जा-प्रायोपवेशविचारः

Duryodhana’s Shame and Consideration of Prāyopaveśa

Devanagari script

तथैव तव राजेन्द्र राजान: परवीरहन्‌

Transliteration

tathaiva tava rājendra rājānaḥ paravīrahan

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „So ist es auch, o König der Könige, in deinem Fall: Jene Könige, die feindliche Helden niederstrecken, werden entsprechend behandelt werden.“

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परवीरहन्: slayers of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परवीरहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājendra (addressed king)
• rājānaḥ (kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line reinforces a kṣatriya-ethical frame: kings are judged by their conduct in conflict—especially their role in confronting and defeating hostile champions—implying proportional consequences and responsibility in warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king directly (“rājendra”), drawing a comparison (“tathaiva”) and referring to other kings characterized as ‘slayers of enemy heroes,’ continuing a discussion about royal action and its outcomes in a martial-political context.