Shloka 10

Nārada’s Visit at Indraprastha and Counsel on Concord; Introduction to Sundopasunda–Tilottamā

Devanagari script

भीमसेनस्य वा राजन्नुपायकुशलैनरि: । मृत्युविधीयतां छन्नै: स हि तेषां बलाधिक:,अथवा राजन! उपायकुशल मनुष्य छिपे रहकर भीमसेनका ही वध कर डालें; क्योंकि वही पाण्डवोंमें सबसे अधिक बलवान्‌ है

Transliteration

Bhīmasenasya vā rājan upāyakusalair naraḥ | mṛtyu-vidhīyatāṃ channaiḥ sa hi teṣāṃ balādhikaḥ ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “O King, let a man skilled in stratagems secretly arrange Bhīmasena’s death; for among them he is the one who surpasses the others in strength.”

Word by Word

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उपायकुशलैः: by/with those skilled in stratagems
• उपायकुशलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपायकुशल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नरैः: by men
• नरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मृत्युः: death (killing)
• मृत्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधीयताम्: let it be done/ordained; let (him) be put to death
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Imperative, Passive, Third, Singular

• छन्नैः: by hidden (means/men); secretly
• छन्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छन्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तेषाम्: of them (the Pandavas)
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बलाधिकः: superior in strength; strongest
• बलाधिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलाधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• King (addressed as rājan; likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by teṣām)