Shloka 20

Hiḍimbā’s Account and the Bhīma–Hiḍimba Engagement (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १४२)

Devanagari script

दुर्योधन उवाच मध्यस्थ: सततं भीष्मो द्रोणपुत्रो मयि स्थित: । यतः: पुत्रस्ततो द्रोणो भविता नात्र संशय:,दुर्योधन बोला--पिताजी! भीष्म तो सदा ही मध्यस्थ हैं, द्रोणपुत्र अश्वत्थामा मेरे पक्षमें हैं, द्रोणाचार्य भी उधर ही रहेंगे, जिधर उनका पुत्र होगा--इसमें तनिक भी संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

duryodhana uvāca madhyasthaḥ satataṃ bhīṣmo droṇaputro mayi sthitaḥ | yataḥ putras tato droṇo bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “Father, Bhīṣma always remains impartial. But Droṇa’s son stands on my side; and wherever the son is, there Droṇa will surely be as well—there is no doubt of it.”

Word by Word

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

उवाचsaid

मध्यस्थःneutral, impartial

सततम्always, constantly

भीष्मःBhishma

द्रोणपुत्रःDrona's son (Ashvatthama)

मयिin me, on my side

स्थितःstanding, situated

यतःfrom/where (whence), on whichever side

पुत्रःson

ततःthere, thither; on that side

द्रोणःDrona

भविताwill be (will become)

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

Aśvatthāmā

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes