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Shloka 15

दुर्योधनस्य प्रायोपवेशः — शकुनिसान्त्वनम् तथा कृत्याह्वानम्

Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā

“मैं भी आज ही जाने या न जानेके विषयमें कोई निश्चय करके कल सबेरा होते ही महाराजके पास जाऊँगा ।। मयि तत्रोपविष्टे तु भीष्मे च कुरुसत्तमे । उपायो यो भवेद्‌ दृष्टस्तं ब्रूया: सहसौबल:,“जब मैं वहाँ बैठ जाऊँ और कुरुश्रेष्ठ भीष्मजी भी उपस्थित रहें, उस समय जो उपाय दिखायी दे, उसे तुम और शकुनि--दोनों बतलाना

mayi tatropaviṣṭe tu bhīṣme ca kurusattame | upāyo yo bhaved dṛṣṭas taṃ brūyāḥ saha-saubalaḥ ||

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „Wenn ich dort sitze und auch Bhīṣma — der Beste der Kurus — zugegen ist, dann sollt ihr, zusammen mit Saubala (Śakuni), den Plan vortragen, der in jenem Augenblick als durchführbar erscheint.“

[{'term''mayi', 'definition': "when I
[{'term':
with me (locative of 'aham')"}, {'term''tatra', 'definition': 'there
with me (locative of 'aham')"}, {'term':
in that place/assembly'}, {'term''upaviṣṭe', 'definition': 'having sat down
in that place/assembly'}, {'term':
seated (locative absolute sense)'}, {'term''tu', 'definition': 'but
seated (locative absolute sense)'}, {'term':
indeed (emphatic/contrastive particle)'}, {'term''bhīṣme', 'definition': 'when Bhīṣma (is present) (locative)'}, {'term': 'ca', 'definition': 'and'}, {'term': 'kurusattame', 'definition': 'O best of the Kurus (vocative
indeed (emphatic/contrastive particle)'}, {'term':
epithet)'}, {'term''upāyaḥ', 'definition': 'means
epithet)'}, {'term':
plan'}, {'term''yaḥ', 'definition': 'which
plan'}, {'term':
whatever'}, {'term''bhavet', 'definition': 'may be
whatever'}, {'term':
could be (optative of √bhū)'}, {'term''dṛṣṭaḥ', 'definition': 'seen
could be (optative of √bhū)'}, {'term':
found (as workable)'}, {'term''tam', 'definition': 'that (plan/means)'}, {'term': 'brūyāḥ', 'definition': 'you should say/tell/propose (optative of √brū)'}, {'term': 'saha-saubalaḥ', 'definition': 'together with Saubala (Śakuni, son of Subala)'}]
found (as workable)'}, {'term':

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
B
Bhīṣma
K
Kuru (dynasty/people)
S
Saubala (Śakuni)