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 said: “My son, for all the descendants of Kuru, we and the sons of Pāṇḍu are equally dear—equally our own. Those high-minded men, steadfast in dharma, would not wish to treat them with partiality or unfairness.”

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')